"In the same way that there were no music videos until MTV came along, there was no moving fashion until the internet came along, and I think that makes it a really exciting time" (Nick Knight 125 Magazine - Phillip Goodfellow (2008), 2016) ! Nick Knight is a British fashion, documentary photographer and a filmmaker, who was born in London in 1958. Knight is one of the world's most significant photographers currently in fashion photography today, his work is at a very high standard and has been exhibited in top museums and galleries worldwide. He has collaborated with a variety of top fashion designers and campaigns which he is best known for, including Alexandra McQueen, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford, and many others. He has also …show more content…
Amed, I. (2010) ‘Nick Knight on the Fashion Industry’. Interview with Nick Knight on the fashion industry, ! This is why he is one of the most influential fashion photographers today because he thinks outside the box so the viewers can develop an understanding of how images work. He does not repeat any of his work because he is always looking for something new to create. “When I’m producing a piece of work,” Knight says, “I’m looking for something I haven’t seen before, and once I’ve produced it, I’ll want to see something else.” This shows that he is always finding new ways to develop unique ideas by producing new work. (Kallor, 2015) ! In early 2000, digital fashion started when Knight launched Showstudio.com. This site hosted the first live fashion show in the following year. The live show was a project called 'Sleep' which included nine models who were all dressed by stylists. He worked in a way where he captured the images from the films, turned them into stills and uploaded them but the images uploaded were pixelated stills which were to make the viewers see the texture, colour tones and the compositions which were considered the most intriguing fashion photography concepts. This was spoken about by Sarah Raphael in the British Journal of