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Jamie Reid is a British artist and graphic designer best known for creating the artwork for the Sex Pistol's albums "Never Mind the Bollocks" and their "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen" singles. A self-described anarchist, Reid's imagery shaped the aesthetics of the British punk movement. Born in 1947, Reid was politically active from a young age, founding the radical political magazine Suburban Press in 1970. Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren later recruited the artist to promote the then newly formed band.

Reid's work, commonly featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines in a faux-ransom note style, photocopied photography and torn up edges, created a template for punk design. His defacing of a Cecil Beaton portrait of Queen Elizabeth II has since become one of the most iconic images of the punk era. Today, Reid's work can be found in prestigious museum collections like The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate in home town London.