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In the early 1980s, Bristol-born photographer Alastair Thain made a phone call that would change the entire course of his artistry.

With a penny in the phonebox, the then young student called British icons Gilbert & George to ask if he could take their portrait. “When I started the world was an enormously more open place,” Thain reflects. “It was before cell phones, and computers, so if you wanted to see someone, you probably rang their bell, or tried their landline.

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I was nervous about calling Gilbert & George, and when I did George answered. I told him I'm a young student photographer and asked to take their photo. His response to if I could take his picture was ‘Would Thursday afternoon two o’clock, be of convenience?’, asking me nothing abou