Pink Floyd The Wall, released in 1979, was the first Floyd album since 1967's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn whose cover was not done by Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis. The legendary Gerald Scarfe, who created the animated scenes and developed the overall visual aspects of the film with Roger Waters was commissioned for that project.
However, in 2000, when Pink Floyd released the live version of The Wall made from recordings done in 1980-81, Storm once again was commissioned, coming up with this image of the four Floyd member face masks set against a black wall.
Image Courtesy of Pink Floyd. Art by StormStudios.
Lambda Exhibition History:
Mind Over Matter - The Images of Pink Floyd: 40 Years of Collaboration with Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and StormStudios, June - July, 2008, San Francisco Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA.
Lambda Release Notes:
In 2008, Storm Thorgerson and SFAE celebrated Pink Floyd's 40th anniversary with an exhibition of signed Lambda digital C-Type photographic prints of album cover related images that he had created for the band over the previous 40 years.
These included works he produced both as a founding member of the design collective Hipgnosis, and as an independent designer with StormStudios.
The Lambda printing process involves using lasers to expose a photo-sensitive paper which is then wet-processed, similar to a tradtional dark room photographic print.
Storm's Lambda prints were produced as signed, open editions and were only briefly available for sale as they were intended only for the anniversary celebration. Relatively few of any single image were produced.
Lambda Collector's Notes:
Each color photograph was printed to order in the UK and then hand-signed by Storm Thorgerson. When he passed away, he did not leave an archive of these prints behind, only the handful that he had pre-printed and signed for exhibition remained available in our inventory.
Occasionally we may also have one available for resale from a private collector.
The individual print details are below, please contact us for the latest availability.
18" x 24" Sheet Size
Signed, Open Edition
Lambda Digital C-Type Print - SOLD OUT