Amateur Photographer

Michael Hutchence

Source:   Harry only had one opportunity for a formal shoot during his week with Hutchence  


The portrait that has become one of Harry's best-known images

As the charismatic frontman for Australian band INXS, Michael Hutchence was one of the most famous rock stars of the 1980s and early 1990s. In March 1997, I was asked by The Observer to photograph him in Paris, where he was promoting his band’s latest single, Elegantly Wasted.

It was a great commission and involved me staying at a really nice hotel on the Champs-Élysées for a week – where Hutchence was also staying. However, as we had to

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