Faces of the Century
Subtitle: A Sainsbury's Photographic Exhibition
Series: Gallery Only
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781855142749
Subjects: Photographs: portraits; 20th century
Description: This unique book presents 100 years of British life recorded through 100 photographs, chosen by then contemporary figureheads from the worlds of music, science, politics, business, high fashion and the arts. The images are accompanied by the contributors' explanations of their choices, setting forth why, for them, their selections signify important aspects of twentieth-century Britain.

Their choices range from the emancipation of women to the struggle for racial equality, from revolutions in dustry and communications to the establishment of the welfare state. *Faces of the Century* represents ten very personal responses to the extraordinary diversity of events and individuals that have shaped and in some cases transformed the Britain of 1900 into the Britain of today.
Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 October 1999 to 30 January 2000.
Includes index, 111 illustrations (portraits), 30 in colour.