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Blair at War: photographs by Nick Danziger, 2003


4 Portraits in set

In March 2003, as Tony Blair took the final steps towards leading the nation to war with Iraq, award-winning photojournalist Nick Danziger and Times Literary Supplement editor Peter Stothard were given thirty days of unprecedented access to the Prime Minister and his closest aides. Danziger's portraits tell the candid story of a decisive time in Britain's political history. Revealing the inner circle of the political players in Downing Street, at Camp David and in the power corridors of Europe, these portraits provide a poignant insight into Blair's hopes and fears as he took on a sceptical electorate, the Labour Party, Jacques Chirac and ultimately Saddam Hussein. Sandy Nairne, former Director of the National Portrait Gallery says: 'Danziger's closely observed portraits of Tony Blair take us to the heart of statesmanship: to the interaction between world leaders at a critical moment.'

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'The "den", 10 Downing Street' (Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell)

by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 14 March 2003
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x131293

'Outside the Cabinet Room, 10 Downing Street' (Jack Straw; Gordon Brown; Tom Kelly; John Prescott; David Blunkett; Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith; John Reid; Joan Hammell), by Nick Danziger - NPG x131294

'Outside the Cabinet Room, 10 Downing Street' (Jack Straw; Gordon Brown; Tom Kelly; John Prescott; David Blunkett; Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith; John Reid; Joan Hammell)

by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 20 March 2003
NPG x131294

'Press Quarters of PM's Boeing 777 en route to Washington' (sitters including Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell), by Nick Danziger - NPG x131295

'Press Quarters of PM's Boeing 777 en route to Washington' (sitters including Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell)

by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 26 March 2003
NPG x131295

'The Road to Camp David Heliport' (sitters including Tony Blair and George W. Bush), by Nick Danziger - NPG x131296

'The Road to Camp David Heliport' (sitters including Tony Blair and George W. Bush)

by Nick Danziger
bromide print, 27 March 2003
NPG x131296