>Nick Knight
Photographer
Nick Knight, Director of SHOWstudio.com, is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. As a fashion photographer, he has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty and is fêted for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with leading designers including Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen. Advertising campaigns for the most prestigious clients such as Christian Dior, Lancôme, Swarovski, Levi Strauss, Calvin Klein or Yves Saint Laurent as well as award-winning editorial for W, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Dazed & Confused, Another, Another Man and i-D magazines have consistently kept Knight at the vanguard of progressive image-making for the past three decades. His first book of photographs, Skinheads, was published in 1982. He has since produced Nicknight, a twelve year retrospective, and Flora, a series of flower pictures, both published by Schirmer Mosel. Knight's work has been exhibited at international institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and Hayward Gallery. He has also produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London and was the first of Channel 4's 'Big 4' 50-foot installations outside its London HQ in 2007. A long-standing commitment to experimenting with the latest technologies led to Knight launching his award-winning fashion website SHOWstudio in 2000.
Related SHOWstudio Projects
CLOWN
(22 October 2009)Transforming Estonian übermodel Carmen Kass into a sinister high-fashion harlequin through photograph and moving image alike, a surreal and dreamlike...
FRIEZE
(11 August 2009)A blur of colour, reflection and frantic animation - with Gareth Pugh himself making more than a cameo appearance -...
HART TO HEART - WHEN TONY HART MET JOHN GALLIANO
(29 July 2009)If genius is nothing more than childhood recaptured at will, then John Galliano's A/W 2000 show was indeed a heart-rending...
V MAN MODEL SEARCH
( 6 July 2009)Partnering with VMAN and Ford Models, in Summer 2009 we offered our male viewers the chance to become the next...
SOFT FURNISHINGS
( 3 June 2009)As backdrop to an editorial story for July 2009 Wallpaper* magazine, Peter Saville's febrile imagination constructs an imaginary 'Erotic House'...
RICK OWENS PORTRAIT
( 9 April 2009)Providing an intimate portrait of Rick Owens in his own words and his own clothing, this filmic diptych, shot live...
BLACK & WHITE
(26 February 2009)Incorporating the cream of this season's monochromatic fashions, Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben's latest film was captured on set during...
FRINGED
( 4 February 2009)Our latest fashion film is a a flirty, flouncy, frivolous celebration of this season's obsession with fringing, created from footage...
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
(11 December 2008)We play mind games with this decidedly Surreal fashion excursion, starring Maison Martin Margiela's Spring 2009 "Wig-Coat" in perpetual, oddly...
INSENSATE
(19 November 2008)Conjuring a macabre phantasmagoria that unfurls before your eyes like a sinister but beautiful bloom, Insensate showcases the brutal geometry...
LET THERE BE LIGHT
(23 January 2009)Allowing unprecedented insight into Nick Knight’s latest photo shoot, SHOWstudio shed light on every nitty-gritty detail as he works with...
WHITE WEDDING
(28 April 2008)The product of a grand collaboration with lingerie giant Agent Provocateur to mark the launch of their bridal range, 'White...
NATALIA V
(27 February 2008)
MEN IN TIGHTS
(10 January 2008)The latest designer electing to create a film to showcase his fashion collection, Bernhard Willhelm will be in the studio...
FLOWERS FOR KATE
(15 November 2007)Say it with flowers: on 12 & 13 December 2007, we photographed a story for V magazine featuring the one...
READINGS
( 2 October 2007)To present a collection about the dynamic between icons and their audience, fashion designer Hussein Chalayan is staging a live...
24HRS
(25 October 2007)A unique chance for SHOWstudio viewers to influence the narrative of a high-end fashion shoot to create a catalogue and...
BONED
(27 September 2007)Another Man magazine invited Nick Knight to photograph a men’s underwear story for Issue 5 in collaboration with menswear stylist...
THE NOMINEES
( 5 May 2007)For the 2007 CFDA Awards, America’s most prestigious fashion awards ceremony, Nick Knight was asked to make a film featuring...
VOLTA
(10 April 2007)The release of a new Björk album can only mean two things: new musical territory, the likes of which the...
VIOLENCE
(25 September 2008)In partnership with the scent artist Sissel Tolaas, SHOWstudio is launching a groundbreaking initiative to create a fragrance on the...
ICE CREAM
( 9 March 2007)Caught on film during Nick Knight’s photo shoot for the 49th issue of Visionaire's 'Decades' collaboration back in June 2006,...
CAN YOU HELP?
(13 February 2007)Jefferson Hack asked Nick Knight to rework his original cover shot for the first issue of ANOTHER magazine and Nick...
BEASTING
(20 February 2007)Invited by Arena Hommes + magazine to photograph the highlights of John Galliano’s outlandish Autumn/Winter ’07-8 collection, Nick Knight and...
NAOMI
(25 December 2006)As a Christmas treat SHOWstudio viewers had a unique opportunity to get to grips with the physicality of one of...
TWELVE DAYS
( 6 December 2006)Over three days, 7, 8 & 11 December 2006 twelve friends of SHOWstudio came down to the live space to...
ANTONY
(15 August 2006)
BAL MASQUÉ
(14 December 2006)Nick Knight was chosen to receive the prestigious Möet & Chandon Fashion Tribute 2006. To mark the occasion, he staged...
THE SOUND OF CLOTHES: ANECHOIC
(20 April 2006)Anechoic is a 'collections story' project that used sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments the...
THE SOUND OF CLOTHES: SYNAESTHESIA
( 4 April 2006)
IN CAMERA: Nick Knight
(16 March 2006)
SCORE
(25 January 2006)SHOWstudio has been invited to create an event to mark Philip Treacy's debut, A/W '06, collection in collaboration with British...
EDITING FASHION
(19 December 2005)An offshoot from our three-month MOVING FASHION project at the end of 2005, EDITING FASHION shifted the focus of SHOWstudio's...
BRING & BUY
( 7 July 2005)An invitation was sent out in early July 2005 to SHOWstudio viewers and contributors alike to send in their favourite...
DRESS ME UP, DRESS ME DOWN
(28 June 2005)Liberty Ross featured in a live, interactive photo shoot that was broadcast on SHOWstudio on June 28, 29 & 30...
PIRELLI CALENDAR
( 1 December 2004)
CHRISTIAN DIOR J'ADORE
(19 November 2004)
LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, BABY
( 4 November 2004)MAC III
(30 July 2004)Watch the filmic version of SHOWstudio's MAC III print, an image born out of an explosive creative collaboration between McQueen,...
FREEDOM OF LOVE
(10 June 2004)
TECHNONATURE
( 7 June 2004)
BANQUET
(21 May 2004)
LYRIC
(26 April 2004)
FLASH
(18 December 2003)
BY ARRANGEMENT
(27 November 2003)
ARTICLES OF FAITH
( 4 September 2003)
SHOOT
( 5 June 2003)
SPECIAL CASES
(25 February 2003)
COUTURE: THE LUXURY OF NOT CARING
(24 January 2003)
COME AS YOU ARE
( 6 December 2002)
TRANSFORMER
(19 September 2002)
MORE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
(13 June 2002)ECLIPSE
(20 May 2002)
MAKE IT UP
(22 February 2002)
SLEEP
(13 December 2001)
ANGEL
(21 November 2001)
J'ADORE
( 6 November 2001)
PAGAN POETRY
( 2 October 2001)
CRUSH
( 9 February 2001)
DOLLS
(20 December 2000)
DIAMONDS
(20 December 2000)
GIVENCHY COUTURE
(20 December 2000)
ONE IN TEN
(17 November 2000)
J-WALK
(10 November 2000)
SWEET
(10 November 2000)Selected Publications
Knight, Nick, ‘Flora’ Harry N. Abrams, March 2001, 80 pages
Knight, Nick ‘Skinhead’ Omnibus Press, December 1982, 114 pages