Jamie Reid was instrumental in shaping the visual identity of the British punk scene with his décollage-inspired graphics, featuring bold alterations of pop culture images and ransom note-style lettering. He is best known for the iconic cover art of the Sex Pistols’ debut album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977), as well as the artwork for their singles “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976) and “God Save the Queen” (1977), the latter inspired by a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton. Raised in a politically active socialist family, Reid identifies as an anarchist. He studied at the Croydon School of Art, where he became interested in the Situationist movement and met Malcolm McLaren, who later managed the Sex Pistols. In 2012, Reid created a provocative image of Vladimir Putin in a balaclava to protest the Russian government's imprisonment of Pussy Riot members.