Projects
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Josh Sims and Elaine Constantine
Home Dance
Nov 10 2000
'Just for those two and a half minutes, life is fantastic,' says one of the Northern Soulsters filmed by Elaine Constantine getting ready for a night o... -
Nick Knight and Jane How
Sweet
Nov 10 2000
Here's something we made earlier: stylist Jane How recreated her favourite looks of Spring/Summer 2000 from sweet papers, cupcake wrappers and doilies,... -
Nick Knight and Katy England
One In Ten
Nov 17 2000
If breast cancer affects one-in-ten women, why is it invisible in fashion photography? Nick Knight and stylist Katy England redressed the balance in a ... -
Brooke Taylor
Supersport
Dec 20 2000
It's sunset and Anders Edstrom and Peter Taylor chance upon an elderly Japanese man singing Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA' in this slightly surr... -
Sølve Sundsbø and Jennifer Kabat
1088% Sølve Sundsbø
Dec 20 2000
See the streets of London at very, very high speed through Sølve Sundsbø's thermal camera in this film and essay exploring the concept of speed and abs... -
Jason Evans
Corporate Aesthetics
Dec 20 2000
Snide. Patronising. Tortuous. Whenever photographer Jason Evans turns on the television, he's irritated by those 'annoying little bursts of eye candy'.... -
Fergus Purcell
Fergadellic
Dec 20 2000
Experience cult 'Silas' illustrator Fergus Purcell's sketchbook drawings as animation. A bejewelled declaration that 'I want to believe' signposts the ... -
Nick Knight, Kate Moss, Sarah Morris and Emily Dinsdale
Diamonds
Dec 20 2000
Follow Nick Knight's lens as it snoops from one Madison Avenue skyscraper to another, documenting supermodel Kate Moss in voyeuristic action in this un... -
Nick Knight and Camille Bidault Waddington
Dolls
Dec 20 2000
Take a model styled by Camille Bidault-Waddington with hair by Sam McKnight. Let a four year-old, a one year-old and two three year-olds do what ever t... -
Peter Saville, Paul Hetherington and Claire Catterall
Waste Painting
Dec 20 2000
What do you do in a carnivorous culture where whatever you create is lionised, and then discarded before anyone's had time to appreciate it? If you're ... -
David Weightman
Ordinary
Dec 20 2000
Ordinary people on an ordinary street in an ordinary town on an ordinary day. If it's all so ordinary, why does one of David Weightman's old ladies see... -
Paul Hunwick and Brian Dowling
Fire
Dec 20 2000
Ever wondered if it's worth unplugging all that electrical stuff at night? Not once you've seen what Brian Dowling found in his Mum's flat after her te... -
Nick Knight and Paul Hunwick
Safer Steps
Feb 9 2001
Why you should 'always give your new leather soles a bit of a rubdown with sandpaper before venturing out for a night on the town'. A cautionary story ... -
Nick Knight, Jane How and Lone Sigurdsson
Plasticine
Feb 9 2001
A unique interpretation of the Spring/Summer 2000 collections, Lone Sigurdsson worked with stylist Jane How to create plasticine replicas of the season... -
Jake & Dinos Chapman
Melting Heads
Feb 9 2001
One Chapman brother describes 'Melting Heads' as 'the most simplistic B-movie effect'. The other says they did it because 'it scares children'. Judge f... -
Nick Knight, Tom Hingston and Robert '3D' Del Naja
Crush
Feb 9 2001
The dark side of the saloon. Nick Knight placed a dozen video cameras inside four crusher-bound cars and filmed their destruction down to the final scr... -
Tricky and Steve McQueen
Interview
Mar 21 2001
SHOWstudio invited contemporary artist Steve McQueen to interview whoever he wanted: McQueen chose his favourite musician, Tricky. Listen to their conv... -
Craig McDean
Drag
Jun 9 2001
A heartfelt homage to hot wheels and muscle cars, photographer Craig McDean created this film documenting the bracket-racing circuit of North America c... -
Peter Saville
Lilac
Jul 6 2001
When designer Peter Saville spotted an old pink Cadillac under a lilac tree in LA, he invented a spin to set the scene - describing a photoshoot that n... -
Kate Moss and Bobby Gillespie
Diamond Blues
Sep 5 2001
Intimate Super-8 footage of Kate Moss, Bobby Gillespie and friends recording an impromptu version of the track 'Diamond Blues' one playful, summer's af... -
Nick Knight, Björk and Paul Barnes
Pagan Poetry
Oct 2 2001
View the uncensored version of the video for Björk's single 'Pagan Poetry' directed by Nick Knight. Alongside the film, we showcase a gallery of abstra... -
Christabel Stewart
Blue Movie
Nov 21 2001
Were these girls performing in a retro erotic film or posing for a contemporary fashion shoot? Seductive shots replaced narrative in a film that define... -
Björk, Alexander McQueen, Nick Knight and Daniel Brown
Angel
Nov 21 2001
Spellbinding sound and image project generated from Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen's installation for La Beauté en Avignon, with an exclusive Björk ... -
Julie Verhoeven
Beat The Clock
Feb 11 2002
Catch a glimpse of the hectic home environment of illustrator Julie Verhoeven as she worked on her exhibition and book, 'Fat-Bottomed Girls'. A unique ... -
Nick Knight and Val Garland
Make It Up
Feb 22 2002
Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon met Hans Bellmer's Poupèes: twelve blonde models were made up in a vivacious, painterly fashion performance. Make-up artist ... -
Peter Saville and Julie Verhoeven
Forget-me-not
Apr 3 2002
Inspired by innocent Toile de Jouy - but offset with Japanese rope suspension bondage - Peter Saville and Julie Verhoeven collaborated to create intric... -
Félix Larher
Barbie Killer In Playland
Apr 10 2002
Did the bright, young things ever make it through Playland? Barbie Killer's celebrity cull took its toll in Félix Larher's heroic fantasy. -
Susan Bright and Camille Vivier
Monument
Apr 17 2002
Love's flame burns eternal as the lifespan of the romance represented outlasts the Santeria candle pictured in Camille Vivier's short film. -
Nick Knight
More Beautiful Women
Jun 13 2002
An homage to Andy Warhol’s screen tests, 'More Beautiful Women' evolved from Nick Knight's commission to photograph the most famous models of the twent... -
Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen, Liberty Ross, Sam McKnight, Michelle Duguid, Bobby Gillespie, Erin O'Connor and Katy England
Transformer
Sep 19 2002
In July 2002 Nick Knight extended an invitation to friends and colleagues including Alexander McQueen, Erin O’Connor, Juergen Teller, Katy England and ... -
Daniel Brown
Aim For The Heart
Feb 19 2003
A special multimedia valentine message from SHOWstudio from 2003. -
Craig Robinson
Flip Flop Flyin' Does Spring/Summer 2003
Apr 1 2003
Craig Robinson, the digital artist behind 'Flip Flop Flyin' ', appropriated his favourites from the Spring/Summer 2003 batch of high-fashion campaigns ... -
Félix Larher
Claudia's Dream
Apr 15 2003
Filmmaker Larher revealed a Claudia Schiffer you've never seen, who daydreams of flirting with her pals King Kong and The Pink Panther. -
Nick Knight, Olivier Alary, Guy Bourdin and Adam Mufti
Compulsive Viewing: The Films Of Guy Bourdin
Apr 17 2003
'Compulsive Viewing: The Films Of Guy Bourdin' showcases eleven unique fashion films, edited in 2002-2003 from never-before-seen, archival film recorde... -
Alice Hawkins
Picture/message: Alice Hawkins
May 21 2003
The Female Gaze: photographer Alice Hawkins asked her sitters how they would like to be represented to their lovers for her two-week residency, using t... -
Nick Knight, Jonathan Kaye and Akufen
Shoot
Jun 5 2003
Contextualising the Spring/Summer 2003 haute couture collections as photographed for W magazine, 'SHOOT' proves that couture is far more than just dres... -
Toyin, Kim Jones and Andrew Daffy
Raphi
Jun 11 2003
As Kim Jones' garments slithered across the bare torso of the young male model in Toyin's film short, it became apparent that clothing may not have bee... -
Bill Doig and Craig McDean
Made In Hollywood
Jul 4 2003
Fasten your holster belt: we're in for a bumpy ride... Craig McDean filmed Amber Valetta in a humble salute to Nudie's Rodeo Tailors. -
Alexander McQueen and Susannah Frankel
Bellwether
Jul 21 2003
To celebrate Alexander McQueen receiving the CBE award in 2003, the visionary designer himself illustrated a selection of showstoppers from his 2003 co... -
Jonathan Gent
Picture/message: Jonathan Gent
Jul 22 2003
Artist Jonathan Gent explored the world through his basilisk eye with the SHOWstudio cameraphone, revealed his fervent observations in arresting pictur... -
Jane How
Pop Poupée
Aug 4 2003
Taking inspiration from Andy Warhol - the man(nequin) himself even making a cameo as a model - stylist Jane How and photographer Mario Sorrenti recreat... -
Jamie Morgan
People, Not Clothes
Aug 22 2003
The seminal idiom of Morgan's 80s style photography endures in this diverse showcase of his adventures in motion imagery. -
Nick Knight, Simon Costin and Sharon Dowsett
Articles Of Faith
Sep 4 2003
A controversial partnership: religion and iconography. Costin and Dowsett asked who and what people turned to in their darkest hour and how that faith ... -
Harri Peccinotti
White Dunk
Oct 28 2003
Exclusive behind-the-scenes film of legendary photographer Harri Peccinotti at work, photographing exhibits from Nike's White Dunk exhibition. -
Katy England
Dead Can Dance
Oct 31 2003
Trick or treat? The spooks and creeps came out in force for Artist Sam Taylor-Wood's Halloween Party. Stylist Katy England caught the macabre proceedin... -
Self Service
Stars And Styles
Jan 26 2004
Chic Parisian magazine Self Service came to London town to photograph the stylish stars of the London scene inside the SHOWstudio live space. -
Simon Foxton and Jason Evans
Fancy Pants
Feb 2 2004
In January 2004, photographer Jason Evans and stylist Simon Foxton played a game of chance with an i-D menswear editorial. Eschewing the comfort of pre... -
Zac Posen, Erin O'Connor and Craig McDean
Skin Wear
Feb 17 2004
In this fashion film with a difference, New York designer Zac Posen constructed a 'dress' for model Erin O'Connor from the lithe limbs and bodies of th...