‘Sade wasn’t particularly friendly’: the stories behind music’s most iconic portraits – in pictures

View image in fullscreenElton John, London, 1977‘The original concept was to create a series of sporting “bloopers” – ripping the cloth on a snooker table, scoring an own goal, and so on - but we only shot the cricket one. Elton arrived at the shoot with the pink shoes which we all thought was a lovely and very Elto…

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