Alan Parsons by Storm Thorgerson

Alan Parsons, of The Alan Parsons Project, of The Darkside of the Moon engineering fame and unreasonable tallness fame, was inclined to select ideas around...

Alan Parsons, of The Alan Parsons Project, of The Darkside of the Moon engineering fame and unreasonable tallness fame, was inclined to select ideas around which to weave an album, in the past subjects included surveillance, Gaudi, pyramids, Asimov robots, not to mention Edgar Allen Poe. In this case his On Air album was about the idea of flight or man’s desire to fly. It was, he said, as much about the idea of flight as about flying itself or about the machines that fly us. I took the notion of an idea, the tried and tested notion, namely that of a light bulb above a head and reworked it as a bulb shaped hot air balloon above a head shaped hillock. It is not uncommon to see air balloons of different shapes rather than only the stereotypic pear shape, so ours is light bulb shaped of course and is photographed at the same time and in the same lighting conditions as the hill over which it is gracefully flying. The idea of flight whilst flying. <<

Edition 20/20

20/20 is a series of prints which are more obscure and more personal, not necessarily frontline images but ones which are highly valued by Storm Thorgerson. The series compromises 20 different images for a variety of bands including Pink Floyd, The Cranberries, The Mars Volta, Ethnix, Catherine Wheel, Phish, and Muse amongst others. The edition size is limited to only 20 of each image, hence
20/20.

Each print is signed, numbered and embossed with a custom designed 20/20 symbol. Each print purchased will come with descriptive notes and technical details.

NB Collectors purchasing 5 or more images at the same time will also receive a specially made limited edition 20/20 box. <<