Editing Chris Lowe (section)

==Public image==
Lowe adopts an understated public presence, often wearing sportswear and with his eyes hidden behind sunglasses, and usually wearing headwear of some sort (a [[baseball cap]] inscribed with the word "BOY" being his most iconic) – although in the duo's early years his face was shown fully unobscured. In Pet Shop Boys videos and photoshoots, he is often seen as a spectator standing slightly behind Tennant. For the duo's 1988 musical film ''[[It Couldn't Happen Here]]'', he spoke very little dialogue compared to Tennant. In live performances he rarely interacts with the audience and often stands still while playing keyboards.<ref name="theword">{{Citation | last=Harrison | first=Andrew | date=April 2006 | title=The Pet Shop Boys talk for Britain | periodical=The Word |issue=38 | pages=98–106 }}</ref> In 1995, ''The Guardian'' wrote that he was "possibly more famous for not doing anything than almost anyone else in the history of popular entertainment."<ref name="guardian">{{Citation | last=Bracewell | first=Michael | date=15 July 1995 | title=Pop perfection | periodical=The Guardian | pages=T012 }}</ref>

A ''Guardian'' profile of the group from 1993 noted that Lowe's image of "silent Chris walking two steps behind singing Neil" was an intentional choice, developed in discussion with photographer and music video director [[Eric Watson (photographer)|Eric Watson]]; Watson has said that "Chris didn't want to be seen playing keyboards or anything. We realised there was something about somebody singing and somebody else doing nothing – just looking, then looking away – that adds a hideous tension."<ref name="Watson obituary Independent">{{cite news|last1=Perrone|first1=Pierre|title=Eric Watson: Photographer who worked with the Pet Shop Boys and for pop bible Smash Hits|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eric-watson-photographer-who-worked-with-the-pet-shop-boys-and-for-pop-bible-smash-hits-7622219.html|access-date=7 July 2015|work=The Independent|date=6 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="Watson obituary Guardian">{{cite news|last1=Hoare|first1=Philip|title=Eric Watson obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/22/eric-watson|access-date=7 July 2015|work=The Guardian|date=23 March 2012}}</ref>