I teach at King's Ely in Cambridgeshire. I've been there for 13 years now. Lots of trips to and from my home in Breckland across the Fens to Ely in all weathers.
A former pupil (Old Elean) is Aubrey 'Po' Powell: a graphic designer.
He attended the school for a while. Later in his career he founded the design agency Hippgnosis with Storm Thorgerson.
Some years ago, in the Sixth Form centre of the school, which is housed in the old Bishop's Palace opposite the west door of Ely Cathedral, there was an exhibition of photographs that he had taken, with some original prints of classic album covers. It was wonderful to see these close up, just sitting in the corridor with students walking past them - often paying them no notice at all.
Amongst the album covers he worked on were covers for Peter Gabriel and Led Zeppelin.
I have an excellent book which I bought from the shop at the Pink Floyd exhibition at the V&A. This features album covers they designed as well as details of their creation.
He has also directed music videos, and been the creative director of music tours for artists such as Paul McCartney.
He directed a video of Yes's Magnification concert - complete with an orchestra.
One of the other links with Hipgnosis and Ely is the album cover for 'The Division Bell' by Pink Floyd. I'll post more about that in a separate post...
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