The North American publication date of the new book, Taken By Storm: The Album Art Of Storm Thorgerson, is October 30th.

According to PINK FLOYD fan-site Brain-damage.co.uk: First published on May 3rd, 2007 by Omnibus Press in the UK, the book celebrates the wonderful work of Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd, LED ZEPPELIN, PETER GABRIEL, ALAN PARSONS) and his associated design teams of Hipgnosis and StormStudios.

Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson is an exhaustive look at the last 35 years of his iconic covers and unique vision. They say that a picture says a thousand words - well, that means that this superb exposition of his work is War And Peace!

It is a large-format, paperback book consisting of around fifty percent old and previously published material, and fifty percent of new, previously unseen work - a showcase for his recent pieces over the last six years and an anthology for his previous works covering the preceding 35 years. Included in this will be examples from the company he set up with Aubrey "Po" Powell, Hipgnosis, his own work, and the most recent commissions he has done as part of StormStudios.

The book features a random selection of pieces - album, single, and DVD covers, promotional artwork, and more. The random arrangement was felt best this way to avoid cliché or try to fit images to themes or similarities.

The art is presented with full, in-depth analysis of each image, including the themes and motivations that inspired the works as well as the practical details involved with producing each image. With many of the covers designed before image manipulation software such as Photoshop, Storm used just photography, paint and sculpture instead to create these masterpieces.

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