Saffron Burrows
4 of 4 portraits by Derrick Santini
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Saffron Burrows
by Derrick Santini
bromide fibre print, June 2001
13 in. x 10 1/4 in. (331 mm x 260 mm) image size
Purchased, 2005
Photographs Collection
NPG x127322
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New York and London based Santini studied at the London College of Printing. His photographs have appeared in magazines including i-D and Nylon. A book of his portraits Persona was published in (2004).
Linked publicationsback to top
- Smartify image discovery app
- Tinker, Christopher, Speak its Name! - Quotations by and about Gay Men and Women, 2016, p. 293
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Speak Its Name! (22 November 2016 - 6 August 2017)
- The Actress Now (20 September 2011 - 8 January 2012)
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Current affairs
Labour wins a second landslide general election victory campaigning on improvements to public services based on private finance projects. The Conservative party proved itself to be out-of-touch by ignoring public services and campaigning on the issue of Britain's membership of the EU. The day after the election William Hague resigned as leader of the Conservative Party.Art and science
The Eden Project opens in Cornwall. The eco-centre, conceived by Tim Smit, replicates tropical and temporal climates and houses plants from all over the world in two domed biomes. The project is both a large-scale scientific experiment to study the environmental changes in different biomes over time, and a visitor attraction teaching the public about the natural environment.International
On 11th September (9/11) America comes under foreign attack for the first time since Pearl Harbour when Islamic Fundamentalist terrorists hijack four planes, flying two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, and one into the Pentagon; the fourth plane crashed in a field.George Bush launches his 'War on Terror' by invading Afghanistan to overthrown the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda.
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