Nick Knight

Nick Knight is a very well known and influential fashion photographer created an interactive exhibition that ran during London Fashion Week. The quirky exhibition consisted of a live model behind glass that you could phone to interact with him/her. There was also a video where Knight has used Brad Pitt reading a poem as the background to interesting slightly strange moving images of Pitt. There were also many of Knight's photos from behind the scenes of fashion.

The encouraged interaction of the public throughout was an effective idea and almost became a part of the actual exhibition.

A short clip can be found at- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRf3WKay_Dk

After seeing Knight's exhibition i became interested in his work his website is filled with a huge variation of photography. His work entitled Skinhead taken in 1982 shows a more real life scene the image does not appear to be set up in any way.

These photos are very different to most of his work that follows later. His work 1986 for Yohji Yamamoto in which he uses model Naomi Campell, seems very computerized in comparison and much of his other work that follows continues this theme.

His work differs even more with his Flora and Rose photos, which are a series of very beautifully taken shots of single flowers against a white background. They all look slightly distorted and a bit futuristic.

This futuristic theme is something that also appears to run through out a lot of his work particular his ad campaigns for designers such as Dior.