The story behind Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here cover photo
WEBJan 27, 2018 · The team devised a concept for the cover involving two men — record execs fashioned in a style suggested by the album’s “Have a Cigar” — shaking hands to seal some unknown deal. Hipgnosis explained a handshake is often seen as an empty gesture, void of meaning or purpose.
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WEBThe album's cover images were photographed by Aubrey "Po" Powell, Thorgerson's partner at the design studio Hipgnosis, and inspired by the idea that people tend to conceal their true feelings, for fear of "getting burned", and thus two businessmen were pictured shaking hands, one man on fire. "Getting burned" was also a common phrase in the ...
Pink Floyd: the story of Wish You Were Here's iconic artwork
WEBSep 20, 2022 · The album was wrapped in black plastic, with just a sticker – of two mechanical hands shaking – on the front, revising the theme of the actual front cover. Powell recalls that the record label were not best pleased with this idea – the album title was on the sticker, but the band’s name wasn’t.
The Story Behind Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Album Cover
WEBApr 15, 2023 · Behind the Album Cover. The creative team at Hipgnosis used the album as a jumping-off point for the cover’s concept.
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WEBJul 31, 2020 · The album’s iconic cover images, featuring two men standing across from one another while one is on fire, were photographed by Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, Storm’s partner at the Pink Floyd design studio Hipgnosis.
Understanding Pink Floyd's Classic Album 'Wish You Were …
WEBPink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here is an undisputed rock classic. With the cover—two businessmen shaking hands, one of them on fire—designed by the legendary Hipgnosis (founded by Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson ) it explored themes around fame, absence, greed, ambition, the music business, and featured a homage to departed ...
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WEBMay 1, 2017 · Two stuntmen were used (Ronnie Rondell and Danny Rogers), one dressed in a fire-retardant suit covered by a business suit. His head was protected by a hood, underneath a wig. The photograph was taken at the Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles.
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Greatest album photography: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
WEBOct 29, 2021 · The classic photography for the album also took the theme of the four elements – fire, earth, air and water – for four images. The cover was fire, a splashless diver was water, an invisible nude model with a red scarf was air and a salesman standing in the desert was earth.
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WEBOct 15, 2013 · Pink Floyd did the same with Wish You Were Here, an album that served not only as a scathing music-industry critique, but also as a moving tribute to original lead singer Syd Barrett.