Animals
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About This Work
The cover of Animals shows an inflatable pig drifting between the chimneys of Battersea Power Station. The idea for the pig came from Roger Waters rather than Hipgnosis, but Powell arranged for 14 photographers to shoot the inflatable (nicknamed 'Algie') from different locations around the power station. However, as soon as it was airborne, the rope snapped, the pig broke free, and was soon drifting towards 10,000 feet. "I had to call 999 from a phone box and tell the police", recalls Powell. "They stopped all flights in and out of Heathrow". The shoot eventually lasted three days, with the sky from the first day being combined with the images of the pig from the third using a dye-transfer. Powell notes that, "that first sky had this wonderful, broody Turner-esque quality to it, which suited the mood of the picture and the music".