Coming from the National Portrait Gallery, London, for its first showing outside the capital, this exhibition celebrates sporting heroes and heroines of the last 100 years. You can watch the digital video by Sam Taylor-Wood of David Beckham sleeping, a split screen film by Marty St James and Anne Wilson of Duncan Goodhew diving, as well as enjoying images of other athletes and Olympians from 1904 to 2004, including Harold Abrahams (1924 Olympics and inspiration for Chariots of Fire), tennis champion Kitty Godfree, Daley Thompson, Steve Cram, Linford Christie, Dame Kelly Holmes, Tushar Patel and the British cycling squad of 2004.
Please see the press release for further details, Athletes & Olympians.doc
Caption: Linford Christie by Alistair Morrison, 1996 © Alistair Morrison