Depeche Mode 'Strangers' 1990

The Photographs By Anton Corbijn

Thanks: Daniel Miller, Mike Spry at Downtown, all at BDI, J. D. Fanger, Andy Franks, Richard Bell, Francesca Wyllie, Mute Records, Robyn Woronow, The Girls from Almeria.

Special Thanks To: Alan, Martin, Fletch and Dave for their big hearted support, enthusiasm, time, criticism and effort over the years. As they say I couldn't have done it without you!

To those who associate Anton Corbijn with intense, somewhat serious art, it may be surprising that he likes a drink, tells extremely bad jokes and was even seen dancing around in a very silly manner in celebration of a rare Dutch goal in the recent World Cup Finals - well, it's all true and it's as much for these reasons as for his undoubted passion for anything photographic that we have consistently and happily worked with him for the last four or five years. He is someone who through his films and photography has not only given us a visual direction but has constantly challenged many pre-conceived ideas about what Depeche Mode is.

The photographs in this book cover the last two years and have involved many hours of hard work in different locations around the world often in sub-zero temperatures, sometimes in baking-hot deserts. They are Anton's personal choices and were notintended for media use.

It is as much his book as it it ours. It is also something that we, as a group feel is long overdue. We hope you agree that the wait wasworth it.

Alan Wilder

discussion photobook

1990