Storm Thorgerson

Storm Thorgerson (28 February 1944, Potters Bar, Middlesex, England, UK – died 18 April 2013, London, England, UK) was an English graphic designer and music video director. In 1968, along with Aubrey Powell, he founded the graphic art group Hipgnosis (2), and between them they designed many famous single and album covers of the 1970's and 1980's, perhaps most famously for Pink Floyd. In 1974, Peter Christopherson joined the company. In 1983, following the dissolution of Hipgnosis, Thorgerson, and Powell formed Greenback Films, producing music videos. In the early 1990's, Thorgerson founded StormStudios along with Peter Curzon.