Photographer Fergus Greer’s best shot

‘Leigh Bowery would call about twice a year, saying he had some more “looks”. He called this one Future Juliet’ I first met the Australian performance artist Leigh Bowery in 1986, at one of his shows at the Anthony d’Offay gallery in London. I was a bit taken aback: Leigh was in an outfit that made him look 7ft tall, and his face was covered in paint. But he just said: “Let’s do some pictures.” That was the start of our relationship. We worked together for eight years, until he died. I was never a clubber: I’d just come out of the army and was an outsider to the world of his performance. That gave us an interest in each other. He’d call me about twice a year, saying he had some more “looks”, as he called his costumes. This one, which we did in July 1989 and Leigh called Future Juliet, was part of a series

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