Seven seminal photographs of Naomi Campbell

Everybody's favourite supermodel Naomi Campbell is turning 49 today and she's never looked so good.

With a career spanning over three decades, she’s forever the name synonymous with 90s fashion and 2018 culture. A current contributing editor to British Vogue, a vocal women’s and black rights activist, an enduring style icon, an actress and even a singer, is there anything that she can’t do? No is the right answer. Naomi Campbell is one of the worlds most daring and influential women, and to celebrate how lucky we are to have been granted her, we take a look back at seven of her most seminal photographs…

Naomi’s Rollers by Ellen von Unwerth, Naomi Campbell, Interview Magazine, Los Angeles, 1991 Black & white print on barythé paper, 70 x 100cm. Courtesy of Ellen von Unwerth ‘Ladyland’
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Arthur Elgort photograph of Naomi Campbell and Azzedine Alaia, 1987, courtesy of Arthur Elgort.
Naomi Campbell: ‘Glitter Tears’ by Aadam Sheikh, 316 x 395
Naomi Campbell by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue, 1990, 588 x 822 courtesy of Peter Lindbergh
Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue, 1990, 588 x 822 courtesy of Peter Lindbergh
Naomi Campbell for ‘Baby Woman’ album cover by Ellen von Unwerth, New York, 1994, Black & White Print on Barythé Paper, 120 x 180 cm. Courtesy of Ellen von Unwerth ‘Ladyland’
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Naomi Campbell for 'Baby Woman' album cover by Ellen von Unwerth, New York, 1994, Black & White Print on Barythé Paper, 120 x 180 cm. Courtesy of Ellen von Unwerth 'Ladyland'