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Celebrity Portrait: George and Alex Best

Posted on 24 April 2010 in Celebrity Stories. Tagged with abuse, alcoholism, alex best, bestie, celebrity, famous, footballer, george best, georgie, liver failure, Matthew Stansfield, photography, portrait, transplant

George and Alex Best

I interviewed/photographed football legend George Best in 2003.

He was promoting the launch of his autobiography 'Blessed' at UP and Down restuarant in Hale, Cheshire.

Our interview centred around his recovery from alcoholism and new love Alex.

I then took a series of portraits with the pair. I shot these on a Nikon F100 film camera using my film of choice back then which was Fuji.

I remember George was like a big kid and I was having a bit of trouble controlling him! I had to 'jokingly' tell him off for repeatedly slapping Alex on the backside between shots!

Afterwards Alex took a shot of me and George (I'm a massive Man Utd fan). Matt and George

I was delighted with the results - I wanted a natural feel to the shoot, something I try to accomplish in all my celebrity portraits.

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