Nick Knight is a visionary photographer celebrated for his groundbreaking fashion imagery and unconventional approach to beauty. His work is defined by daring artistic collaborations with leading designers, earning him acclaim in both advertising and prestigious fashion magazines. Knight also founded and directs the award-winning fashion website SHOWstudio.com, dedicated to exploring the entire creative process from conception to completion. His continuous experimentation with technology and visual media positions him at the forefront of progressive art.
Through exquisite botanical paintings and insightful essays, Flora examines the fascinating history of plants and flowers. Over 20 plant families are profiled, including cacti, daffodils, iris, magnolia, roses, tulips and waterlilies.
Over the past decade, the increasing use of technology and image manipulation within the fashion industry has led to an increase in the fantastical image, as much a product of the machine as it is a result of the imaginative faculties of its creators. From fashion shoots that display clothes adorned on invisible models, to painterly reinterpretations of the traditional fashion tableau, the fine line between reality and fantasy is becoming increasingly blurred.The Impossible Image is a compilation of the best examples of this digital marriage. Selected from leading style titles based in New York, London and Paris and art directed by Robin Derrick, Art Director of British Vogue, The Impossible Image highlights the most innovative and thought-provoking use of digital technology and its implementation within the modern fashion shoot. Including work by Nick Knight, Norbert Schoerner, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Vincent Peters, Phil Poynter, Solve Sundsbo, Andrea Giacobbe, Stephane Sednaoul, Rankin, Mike Thomas, Lee Jenkins, Matt Alas and Marcus Piggott.The cover sequence, 'For Erin, Gisele, Karen, Maggie, Kate and Alec', photographed exclusively for the book by Nick Knight, features hidden profiles of six supermodels, each within a bouquet of flowers. It was digitally enhanced by Allan Finamore and Vim Jethwa of Core Ltd, London, with additional post-production by Howard Wakefield and Paul Hetherington, London.
Der englische Fotograf Nick Knight gehört zu den herausragenden Meisterfotografen der Welt. Sein Werk in der Mode-, Werbe- und Porträtfotografie hat die ästhetischen Standards in nahezu allen Bereichen der Fotografie gesetzt und einen eigenen Stil definiert. Eine Biografie des Künstlers, zusammengestellt von der japanischen Modejournalistin Satoko Nakahara, basiert auf Interviews mit seinen Freunden und berühmten Kunden.