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I met Noel through a mutual friend of my husband. He put us in touch directly and in our online exchanges Noel was perfectly charming and accommodating. Not unlike the Eddie Vedder shoot there was no publicist or manager involved so organising the shoot took on the uncanny feeling of texting a mate.

We met at Noel's brand new studio in London. To my surprise, the first thing he told me was, he was a massive fan of From Genesis to Revelation, particulary the song "The Conqueror". I never had Noel down as a Genesis fan!

The studio was perfect for photographing. Noel's very into feng shui and the studio had a vermilion psychedelic feel, but I ended up settling on an office room with natural daylight. Out of everyone I photographed for this book, no one else had been able to hold his eye open without blinking for as long or as effortlessly as Noel did. When I mentioned this to him he joked that it must have been all the drugs he took in the Nineties.

— Eye-D: Portraits by Anna Gabriel, 2022

— annamariegabrielphotography on inst 09/2020

"He was great, very funny," she said. "My husband came along and we went to his studio in London and it was a great time - He was making jokes, showing us around, very relaxed. "He was telling about his sunglasses, he loves them, and likes to buy expensive ones so I had to shoot him with his sunglasses on but I like that shot."

like yes please study me like that and then i will run away with you🩷💓💕💞