Damon Albarn and Justine Frischmann, 1996
When Ridgers wasn’t allowed to bring his camera to events or was trying to blag his way into parties, he would hide his Olympus MJU, a tiny, palm-sized camera, in one sock and a roll of film in the other. ‘I didn’t get accreditation most years but all the best places won’t let you in with accreditation anyway.’ This shot of Blur’s Damon Albarn and his then-girlfriend Justine Frischmann, co-founder of both Suede and Elastica, was taken at a Trainspotting party. ‘I don’t think there could be a better party than that. It was wall-to-wall celebrities’
