Nick Knight

Nick Knight is probably one of my favourite photographers. I first came across his work when I was doing my final major project. Knight photographed skinheads in east London in the late 1970s and early 80s. His photographs were a documentation of what was happening at the time. Hostility towards the government and police, violence, political involvement, tattoo culture and the influential music scene were all captured. The photographs were featured in his book "Skinhead", which is essentially a walk-through guide on "how to be a skinhead". I absolutely love these photographs. They are a no frills look at the subculture and they have nothing to hide.

Nick Knight's website

These are just a few images from the book (Knight, N, 1982, Skinhead, Omnibus Press). It is an extremely interesting read as it gives you a history of the subculture as well as a guide to clothes, style and music, and of course the photographs are outstanding. 

Although Knight started out photographing skinheads, he is now much more well known for his work in the fashion industry, producing incredible photographs like these; 

Nick Knight's website.

His clientele includes Christian Dior, Swarovski, Calvin Klein, British and Paris Vogue, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen to name a few, and he launched his award winning fashion and photography website SHOWstudio in 2000. 

Knight is truly one of the greatest photographers of our time. He has been extremely influential in the world of fashion photography and continues to produce absolutely amazing photographs.