Obscure Alternatives

Inspired by 80s photographs of the underground club scene in London, photographer Lee Whittaker and his team share their contemporary and slightly surreal take on the shapes and attitude of the new romantic and post punk scene.

PHOTOGRAPHER LEE WHITTAKER @lee__whittaker @saintlukeartists
HAIR PÅL LUNDHAUG BERDAHL @palberdahl
MAKEUP MATTIE WHITE @mattiewhite_makeup @saintlukeartists
MODELS ROMI @romiipeled @estmodels
JIAYUN XIE @jiayun_0108 @thehivemanagement
PHOTO ASSISTANT KEIR LAIRD @keirlaird
CASTING EMMA SOMPER @emmasomper
RETOUCHING HAND OF GOD @_thehandofgod
PRODUCTION SAINT LUKE @saintlukeartists

“Sugar hiccup
Heavens curtsey and bow
Sugar hiccup
Makes it pink, soft and smooth”
“Sugar Hiccup”, Cocteau Twins, 1983

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Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I’m thinking that I love you
But I know it’s only lust
“Damaged Goods”, Gang of Four, 1978

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You can hide your genetics under drastic cosmetics
But this chameleon magic is renowned to be tragic
Look to the hills – now look at my face
Do you notice my eyes – are they in the right place?
“Kaleidoscope”, Siouxsie and the Banshees, 1980

@LEE__WHITTAKER