As my favourite fashion photographer of all time, and the technical ability and diverse concepts he produces I feel this would be an enjoyable project to carry out; a pioneer in contemporary fashion photographer always pushing the boundaries with image artistry.
Nick Knight went to university to study human biology in the hope of becoming a doctor one day, in many interviews he is always asked "Why did you become a photographer?" Knight alway answers with the same, he quotes, 'mundane answer', "I was doing something I hated, I was mediocre, I couldn't stand the subject I was studying, photography was always seen as a hobby but it was the only thing i was ever really good at; so I went to Bournemouth, took up photography and it turned out I was pretty good at it. I spent 3 years working so hard, until I couldn't stand up any longer, photographing all day long until they had to kick me out at the end of each day. "When people praise you for doing something, it's very pleasurable. More than being a mediocre science student."
Knight started photographing back in the early 80's; he said he hated how photography was he wanted to change all of it, from legendary photographers such as Richard Avedon; the medium had sparsely moved on, it was 'stuck'. He felt photography in the 90s shifted from underneath his feet; photography nowadays is taking pictures on your iPhone, thats not photography its a different medium altogether.
His first book 'Skinheads' was published whilst he was still a student at Bournemouth.
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