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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Intimate portraits of the new romantics

We could be heroes: Claire Thom, Philip Sallon and Boy George, 1980
Claire Thom, Philip Sallon and Boy George, on a coach trip to Margate (1980) Photograph: Graham Smith
We could be heroes: Haysi Fantayzee, 1983
Haysi Fantayzee. Taken in the apartment of Kate Garner's boyfriend, Paul Caplin, in Middlesex Street (1983) Photograph: Graham Smith
We could be heroes: Myra and Michele, 1980
Myra and Michele. Shot at Saint Martins College for Stephen Linard's fashion show (1980) Photograph: Graham Smith
We could be heroes: Sade and Barbara from Pride, 1983
Sade and Barbara from Pride, taken at Heaven (1983) Photograph: Graham Smith
We could be heroes: Stephen Linard and claire Thom, 1980
Claire Thom and Stephen Linard on the tube at King's Cross on the way to a Spandau Ballet gig (1980) Photograph: Graham Smith
We could be heroes: Steve Strange in Wales, 1981
Steve Strange in Wales. Spandau Ballet had played at Casablancas in Tiger Bay, and this was taken after the show in a pub in Cardiff Docks (1981) Photograph: Graham Smith
We could be heroes: Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) at a Warren St squat, 1981
Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) at a Warren Street squat (1981) Photograph: Graham Smith
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