Who are the shellsuit boys in image that captures the 1980s? New Tate Britain show solves mystery
Friends who posed for celebrated photographer Ingrid Pollard in 1989 are reunited for new picture 35 years later
In 1989, three 15-year-olds, dressed in identical shellsuits and trainers, posed for a photo to commemorate the imminent closure of their south London school. It was one of 24 photos taken that day by Ingrid Pollard, an up-and-coming photographer in her mid-30s, who simply stored the contact prints away in a box at home.
“From time to time, I would wonder what happened to those boys, particularly the ones in their shellsuits, because it was a very special photo,” said Pollard, who last month received the prestigious Hasselblad award, the top international photography prize.
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