Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Experience the story behind the artwork that defined a generation.

2023100 min7.4 / 10

A celebratory documentary about the creative partnership and artistic legacy of Hipgnosis, tracing how two art students' visionary album covers helped define the sound and visual identity of an era.

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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