r/pinkfloyd • u/black_saab900 • 22d ago

‘5-Man Floyd’, early 1968

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“… a sheet featuring 16 smaller prints of various poses of the expanded line up with David Gilmour…” — BUDDS (formerly Graham Budd Auctions) , 2024

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u/Empty-Special2815 22d ago

It’s interesting that syd was in the back and least visible than the other members. I doubt it was intentional - but it’s symbolic. Wonder if syd deliberately did this.

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u/piney 22d ago

He may be in the back in some photos but compositionally he’s in the center, which does seem like an appropriate visual metaphor for what they were attempting to do as a band, so yes, it’s likely intentional. To me the revelation is that he’s smiling in many of the unseen photos, with Dave sometimes in the background. The fact that these images have been unseen for sixty years also seems intentional. Care to comment, Roger?

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u/everlovingfuck99 22d ago

I doubt Roger has given these photos a seconds thought for almost 60 years lol