'Elson Street' (Karen Elson)

© Elaine Constantine

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'Elson Street' (Karen Elson)

by Elaine Constantine
chromogenic print, 2005
14 7/8 in. x 18 5/8 in. (378 mm x 473 mm) image size
Given by Elaine Constantine, 2007
Photographs Collection
NPG x131419

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  • Karen Elson (1979-), Fashion model. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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  • Elaine Constantine (1965-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 2 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Elaine Constantine is a London-based photographer and film-maker. Her work has been published in magazines including The Face, Arena Homme Plus and Vogue. She was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Terence Donovan Award

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  • 100 Fashion Icons, p. 110 Read entry

    British supermodel and singer Karen Elson has appeared in catwalk shows and advertising campaigns for leading fashion houses and on the covers of magazines including Vogue, W and Numero. In 2005, she won the British Fashion Award for Model of the Year and she has built a successful music career over a number of years. Elson Street, commissioned by Pop magazine, saw the photographer and model return to their hometown of Manchester. Elaine Constantine (b.1965) became one of the defining image makers for The Face and Italian and American Vogue in the 1990s and is renowned for her jubilant portrayals of British youth culture.

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Current affairs

London suffers its worst bomb attack since the Second World War when four devices are detonated during rush hour on public transport. Three of the bombs went off on tube trains, and one on a bus killing 56 people and injuring 700. A Leeds-based terror cell of British born or raised Islamic extremists committed the attacks.
John Sentamu becomes the first black Archbishop of the Church of England.

Art and science

As part of the international Make Poverty History campaign, ten Live 8 concerts are held simultaneously around the world to coincide with the meeting of the G8 and persuade the world's richest countries to 'drop the debt' owed by the world's poorest countries, increase aid to the world's poorest people and negotiate fairer international trade rules.

International

1,836 die in America as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. The hurricane was the most costly in US history and one of the most deadly. It caused the levees of Lake Pontchartrain to break, which flooded 80% of New Orleans. About one million people evacuated the city while 25,000 stayed behind, many taking refuge in the city's Superdome.

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