Nick Knight (photographer)
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Nick Knight, Director of the SHOWstudio website, is an influential British photographer.
He has won numerous awards for his editorial work for Vogue, Dazed & Confused, i-D, The Face and Visionaire, as well as for fashion and advertising projects such as the 2004 edition of the Pirelli Calendar. Knight has also shot record and c.d. covers for Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Björk, David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, The Style Council, Paul Weller, ABC and Massive Attack.
His first book of photographs, Skinheads, was published in 1982. He has since produced Nicknight, a twelve year retrospective, and Flora, a series of flower pictures, both published by Schirmer Mosel. Knight's work has been exhibited at such institutions as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, the Photographers' Gallery and Hayward Gallery. He has also produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London.
