A teenage Egyptian artist has been chosen to join the rock band’s surprise return with their new album after 20 years of hibernation. Ahmed Emad Eldin, a talented 18-year-old Egyptian digital artist, provided the image of a man extruding through a river of clouds reaching for the brightness the sun emits.
Aubrey Powell, Thorgerson’s partner in the Hipgnosis design studio, discovered Eldin. Powell 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.”
“A creative agency working for Pink Floyd contacted me after checking my artworks through the internet as my work has appeared on online galleries on behance.net. 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.” says Ahmed.
Well, we sure know one thing: This boy made history!
