Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2023)

Film · 100m · June 7, 2023

Documentary Music

Experience the story behind the artwork that defined a generation.

In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and Roger. The resulting album and album cover, A Saucerful of Secrets, helped launch two careers: that of Pink Floyd, one of the 70s megabands, and of Hipgnosis, which, over the course of the next 25 years, designed a stream of iconic album covers.

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Aubrey Powell

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Storm Thorgerson

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Noel Gallagher

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David Gilmour

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Roger Waters

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Paul McCartney

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Nick Mason

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Robert Plant

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Jimmy Page

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Peter Gabriel

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Graham Gouldman

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Peter Saville

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Glen Matlock

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Humphrey Ocean

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Roger Dean

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