Career
Albums include Hotter Than Hell by Kiss, Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles, Crown of Creation by Jefferson Airplane and Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones. Among his most notable album covers are: Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones Volume 3: A Child"s Guide to Good and Evil by The West Coast People’s Art Experimental Band Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer Crown of Creation by Jefferson Airplane Skeletons in the Closet by The Grateful Dead Hotter Than Hell by Kiss Eat to the Beat by Blondie Retro Hash by Asher Roth Get Hurt by The Gaslight Anthem Van Hamersveld designed the iconic Endless Summer movie poster using a photograph. He arranged the shoot in January, 1964, after filmmaker Bruce Brown showed him the film"s opening scene.
He positioned Brown in the foreground with his surfboard on his head and the film"s two stars between Brown and the setting sun.
He had learned this technique at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena where he took night classes, graduating later that year. He converted the photo into an abstract design by reducing each color to a single tone and giving each image a single, hard edge.