“I was on Battersea Bridge when the pig broke free. I drove to the power station and saw this look of schoolboy glee on Roger Waters’ face… ‘You sort this out, Po’”: Aubrey Powell’s Hipgnosis story

Aubrey Powell.

As co-founder of the design team Hipgnosis, who became synonymous with Pink Floyd’s best-known album art, Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell’s photography has played a significant role as a visual companion to prog, adorning the covers of some of the genre’s biggest albums from Yes and Genesis to The Moody Blues and Peter Gabriel. In 2023, on the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon and with Hipgnosis’ iconic design back under the spotlight, Powell revealed the secrets behind the team’s most famous work – and his plans to keep Hipgnosis and Floyd’s flame burning.

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