Legendary band Pink Floyd has launched their latest studio effort in more than two decades with a new cover art. The Independent said that an unknown teenage digital artist has been tapped to create what could be another iconic album cover the band is also known for. Eldin was reportedly hired to do the cover art ever since the band's go-to graphic designer, Storm Thorgerson, had died last year.
Egyptian Ahmed Emad Eldin provided a rather telling image to Pink Floyd's album title, "The Endless River," with an image of a man rowing on a boat floating across an expanse of white clouds while looking at the horizon. The man is rowing towards the glow of the sun. it has been observed.
Thorgerson's partner in the Hipgnosis design studio, Aubrey Powell, told the British publication about their decision to choose Eldin's artwork for the band's album cover. She said, "When we saw Ahmed's image it had an instant Floydian resonance. It's enigmatic and open to interpretation, and is the cover that works so well for "The Endless River.""
Eldin told the site via email about the inspiration behind the artwork, "Thinking about life and nature and what is beyond the world of charming factors we have never seen is enough to create millions of different amazing feelings. First, I draw a sketch for what is in my mind, then I start to simulate the sketch and the idea with real images, and that's called photo manipulation."
The Guardian said the album cover was displayed to mark the upcoming release of the album in choice spots in several cities, which include London, New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Berlin and Paris.
The album, which will contain all unreleased instrumental songs first made in the early 1990s, were originally written and recorded by David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason during the 1993 sessions for the album "The Division Bell." RollingStone said the album started when the three started revisiting old music. Mason said that the latest album is a special one for the band, as it was said to be a tribute for Wright, who has since died of cancer in 2008.
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