A landmark in music and design, Pink Floyd’s Mother of All Back Catalogues, reimagines Storm Thorgerson’s iconic 1996 composition in which six nude women, their backs painted with celebrated Pink Floyd album covers, sit poolside in perfect sequence.
Featuring art from Atom Heart Mother, Relics, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall, and Animals, this photograph is a vibrant tribute to the band’s visual and musical legacy. With meticulous detail and signature surrealism, Thorgerson unites body art, concept photography and rock history in a single frame.
This 2012 edition was produced in a signed, numbered run of only 120 prints. A must-have for collectors of rock memorabilia, photographic art, or Thorgerson’s celebrated visual language.
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| Size (Unframed): | 59 x 78 cm |
| Size (Framed): | 61 x 81 cm |
| Signed: | Yes |
| Limited Edition: | Edition 75 of 120 |
Storm Thorgerson: A Visionary of Album Art (1944–2013)
Born in Dartford, Kent, in 1944, Storm Thorgerson became one of the most iconic and influential designers in modern music history. He attended school with future Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Syd Barrett- early connections that would later shape his career. Thorgerson studied English and Philosophy at Leicester University before pursuing an MA in Film and Television at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1969. While at the Royal College, he shared a flat with long time collaborator Aubrey Powell, and together they began experimenting with photography and book cover design, including infrared photography.
In 1967, Thorgerson and Powell founded the British graphic design group Hipgnosis, a studio that would redefine album artwork. Their first major breakthrough came almost by chance when Thorgerson designed the sleeve for Pink Floyd’s A Saucerful of Secrets after a friend declined the job. That project launched a prolific era for Hipgnosis, who quickly became the go-to design studio for some of the world’s biggest rock bands, including Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Yes, and Black Sabbath. Thorgerson’s surrealist, thought-provoking imagery helped elevate the album cover into an art form in its own right.
Known for conceptual, photographic art that often blended the surreal with the cinematic, Thorgerson’s style defied convention. His designs didn’t simply reflect the music—they deepened its meaning. This creative vision carried over into music video production when, in 1982, he co-founded Green Back Films with Powell and Peter Christopherson. He directed videos for artists such as Nik Kershaw, 10CC, The Cult, and notably created six short films for Pink Floyd’s 1994 world tour.
In the early 1990s, Thorgerson established Storm Studios with designer Peter Curzon. They were later joined by photographer Rupert Truman and illustrator Dan Abbott. The studio grew into a collaborative collective producing a wide range of creative work beyond music, including exhibitions, books, airships, websites, and logos.
Thorgerson remained closely connected to the evolving music scene, designing album covers for a new generation of bands such as Muse, Audioslave, and Biffy Clyro, while continuing his longstanding work with Pink Floyd, for whom he created nearly every album sleeve. Despite suffering a debilitating stroke in 2003, Thorgerson remained creatively active. In 2009, he held a retrospective of his work at London’s OXO Tower, a testament to his enduring impact on visual culture.
Over a career that spanned more than four decades, Storm Thorgerson transformed album design into a legitimate artistic discipline. He published several books chronicling his work and artistic philosophy. His death in 2013, after a battle with cancer, marked the loss of a true original. Yet his legacy lives on in countless iconic images that continue to shape how we see and experience music.
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