Pink Floyd by Jill Furmanovsky

Photographed as a homage to the Pink Floyd album sleeve 'Animals' for the BBC series 'Britain In Pictures'.

 

"I had always been intrigued by the place and jumped at the opportunity to see the building properly. My idea was to reproduce the cover by legendary designer Storm Thorgerson. This was a challenging test for the Panasonic camera I was given by the BBC. To catch a flying pig (thrown in the air rather than flown as the real one had been) required split second timing and the camera was ont up to it. However, I was able to strip the image together using Photoshop.

 

I am happy with the final result. It is still recognizable as a homage to 'Animals' but the decay adds an extra layer of melancholy."

 

- Jill Furmanovsky