In 2008 I met up with Alan Aldridge to interview him about his major contribution to Brtish Graphics and illustration and his very eventful life along the way.
He had travelled from his home in Los Angeles to attend the opening of a retrospective of his work and the publication of, The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes . So as if by magic let's revisit that warm summer afternoon at Aldridge's daughter's flat in Notting Hill...
Sunday Times cover 1965
Poster How would you paint your own wife by Alan Aldridge 1967
Just a fraction of the many Penguin covers designed by Aldridge during his Art Directorship.
Chelsea Girls poster 1966
The Who A Quick One album cover 1966
From The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics 1969
Above Heinz Edelman's work for Twen magazine.
From The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics 1969
Elton John, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album cover 1975
Alan Aldridge in 2008
The book I collaborated on with Alan Aldridge in 1975
The above article originally appeared in Varoom magazine in 2008 to compliment the publication of Alan Aldridge's book and exhibition, The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes.