Nick Knight
Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential photographers as well as being Director & founder of SHOWstudio.com the fashion & art internet broadcasting channel. He has won numerous awards for his editorial work for Vogue, Dazed & Confused, W magazine, i-D, and Visionaire, as well as for fashion and advertising projects for clients including Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein, Levi Strauss, Yohji Yamamoto and Yves Saint Laurent. On the 24th October 2006 Nick Knight was awarded the prestigious Moet Chandon Fashion Tribute for 2006, which he celebrated by throwing a masked ball at Horace Walpoles Gothic revival treasure, Strawberry Hill.
As a fashion photographer, Nick Knight has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty. His first book of photographs, skinheads, was published in 1982. He has since produced Nicknight, a 12 year retrospective, and Flora, a series of flower pictures. Knight’s work has been exhibited at such institutions as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, the Photographers Gallery and Hayward Gallery and recently The Tate Modern. He has produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London.
A long-standing commitment to experimenting with the latest technologies led to Knight launching his award-winning fashion website SHOWstudio.com in 2000 and in 2009 SHOWstudio.com launched SHOWstudio AGENCY, directed by Nick Knight the groundbreaking site has created a resource agency specifically for the making of fashion and beauty film. Formed as an independent creatively led advertising agency, SHOWstudio FILM is able to develop and communicate across various platforms, including print, television and digital online media. Working with a team of highly influential art directors – David James, Tom Hingston, Paul Hetherington and Peter Saville – and collaborating with the world’s leading talent in fashion photography and filmmaking, SHOWstudio FILM harnesses this outstanding creativity and expertise to bring innovative and exciting visions to life.