Lily Cole
(1987-), Fashion modelSitter in 6 portraits
Discovered at fourteen and signed to Storm Models, Cole's first important cover was in 2003 for Italian Vogue, by Steven Meisel. A year later she was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards 2004. Since then she has been photographed by leading photographers for prominent advertising campaigns including Chanel and Marks and Spencer. Cole has had prominent film roles in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) and Rage (2009). She is ambassador for children's charity Global Angels and is an ally for environmental organisation Western Shoshone. She graduated with a double first in history of art from King's College, Cambridge in 2011.
by Eitan Lee Al
digital colour print, February 2005
NPG x131273
by Miles Aldridge
digital chromogenic print, 2005
NPG x131994
by Anna Bauer
chromogenic contact print, October 2007
NPG x131791
by Anna Bauer
chromogenic contact print, September 2007
NPG x131804
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