48 GIRLS

Craig McDean

Created from footage captured during a marathon shoot for the September 2006 issue of Paris Vogue, Craig McDean’s film '48 Girls’ features forty-eight motion portraits of the most important models working today. From the ones you know of old -Karen Elson, Jessica Stam, Shalom and Gemma Ward- to the ones who only recently made your acquaintance -Du Juan, Solange or Irina Lazareanu- each sitting is captured from McDean’s perspective, providing a revealing account of the various ways a model interacts with their photographer.

• Project Blog Last updated 11 Jan 2007
• Contributors Last updated 10 Jan 2007

Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Gemma Ward] [Set Design] [Karen Elson] [Craig McDean] [Paris Vogue] [Jessica Stam] [Shalom] [Du Juan] [Solange] [Irina Lazareanu] [Bill Doig] [Carine Roitfeld] [Marie-Amelie Sauve] [Emanuelle Alt] [Oribe]

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TWELVE DAYS

Nick Knight/Gemma Ward/Giles Deacon/Christopher Kane/Marios Schwab/Rebecca & Mike/Fred Butler/Paul Bruty/Simon Foxton/Alexis Marguerite Teplin

Over three days, 7, 8 & 11 December 2006 twelve friends of SHOWstudio came down to the live space to create one of 12 Days of Christmas videos, each decorating a Nick Knight silhouette of Gemma Ward with Swarovski crystal. In addition to webcasting the live event, each contribution was filmed from above and the footage was edited into a special film that was offered on SHOWstudio on each of the twelve days of Christmas (26 December – 6 January). Starting 7 December, set up day, viewers watched inspired hands at work to get a sneak preview of the final result.

• Live Event Last updated 7 Dec 2006
• Project Blog Last updated 6 Dec 2006
• Contributors Last updated 6 Dec 2006

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Nick Knight] [Simon Foxton] [Gareth Pugh] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Gemma Ward] [Jonathan Kaye] [Paul Bruty] [Francesca Burns] [Marios Schwab] [Christopher Kane] [Rebecca and Mike] [Fred Butler] [Alexis Marguerite Tepli]

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EDITING FASHION

Olivier Alary/Rupert Angarita-Dodds/Craig Armstrong/Apurva Asrani/Michael Blackburn/Vladimir Boboshin/Nigel Buck/William Chang/Saulyus Chyamolonskas/ Egoli Editing Team/Mike Figgis/John Galliano/John Gosling/Nick Knight/ Sam McKnight/Charles Nartey Mezo/Sharmin Nordien/Greg Perler/Christopher Seguine/ Sam Sneade/Anna Span/Joanna Swan

An offshoot from our three-month MOVING FASHION project at the end of 2005, EDITING FASHION shifted the focus of SHOWstudio's ongoing exploration of fashion film from direction to the editing process and from established, guest artists to the SHOWstudio viewer base. For this, we offered a package of source material –including exclusive film footage shot by Nick Knight and a selection of possible soundtracks by guest artists- that could be downloaded and edited by SHOWstudio Viewers. Viewers were asked to make an edit from the material provided which lasted up to two minutes. By keeping the source material the same in all cases, the emphasis was kept on the individual editor’s approach and authorship. The finished films could then be uploaded onto SHOWstudio from mid-January 2006 and screened in the Viewers’ Cut gallery.

A second phase of this project saw a number of high-profile, internationally-based, professional editors from a range of different genres tackle the same footage to create a series of five-minute shorts in early 2006.

• Project Blog Last updated 20 Dec 2005
• Editors' Cut Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Show Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Show Reports Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Casting Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Characters Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Footage Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Viewers' Cut Last updated 19 Dec 2005
• Contributors Last updated 19 Dec 2005

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Nick Knight] [Politics] [Mike Figgis] [Collections] [Paris Fashion Week] [Body Image] [Gemma Ward]

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TECHNONATURE

Nick Knight/Kate Phelan/Stevie Stewart/David Holah

Kate Phelan and the Vogue team entered the SHOWstudio live space to shoot the prevailing themes from the A/W '04 collections. Computer-generated prints from Balenciaga and Giles Deacon, and computer-aided cutting and draping techniques from Hussein Chalayan, Gucci and Lanvin affirmed fashion's preoccupation with technology at the time.

• Webcast Last updated 7 Jun 2004
• Contributors Last updated 7 Jun 2004

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Live] [Webcast] [Collections] [Models] [Gemma Ward] [Photoshoot]

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