Nick Knight, Stern, Christian Krug, Julia von Boehm, Riana Casson, Lisa Eldridge, Eamonn Hughes, Britt Lloyd, Jazzelle Zanaughtti, Madison Stubbington, Anna Cleveland, Andrew Tomlinson, Raquel Couceiro, Gabriel Carasso and Akira Morgan

Ungewöhnlich Schön

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In December 2016, Nick Knight shot a selection of key looks from the S/S 17 collections exclusively for German publication Stern magazine. Knight worked with models Jazzelle Zanaughtti, Anna Cleveland and Madison Stubbington over a three-day period to create an editorial focused on the language of photography. Entitled Ungewöhnlich Schön- which roughly translates from German to 'Unconventional Beauty', the editorial highlight's Knight's signature photographic stylings.

Known for finding the unique and the unorthodox in image-making, Knight focused on the tropes of shadow, distortion and contrast to indicate a different example of the transfer of light in each image. 'Light is what photography is all about,' says Knight of his decisions to shoot images refracted through glass, coloured perspex and water. For the cover image, Knight shot through a vase, the curvature of the glass mimicking the curvature of his lens.

The shoot is set to a backdrop of silver foil with slivers of Knight's studio at 22D Ebury Street peeking through. The concerted decision to include these fragments of set indicates Knight’s desire not to remove the photographs completely from their surroundings, but to allow access to the process and the techniques behind photography; a concept inherent to the inception and purpose of SHOWstudio.

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Credits / Contributors

Photography: Nick Knight
Production: Riana Casson
Models: Anna Cleveland, Madison Stubbington and Jazzelle Zanaughtti
Art Direction in absentia: Yvonne Gold
Styling: Julia von Boehm
Nail Art: Hannah Bond
Hair: Eamonn Hughes
Make-up: Lisa Eldridge
Digital Operator: Joe Colley
Set Design: Andrew Tomlinson
Photographic Assistance: Britt Lloyd, Rob Rusling, Tom Alexander and John Heyes
Make-up Assistance: Jessie Richardson, Shelley Blaze and Nicquitha Thompson
Production Assistance: Nienta Nixon, Michael Ghossainy and Felix Reitze
Styling Assistance: Allison Bornstein and Raeann Hayden
Hair Assistance: Valerie Benavides and Kumiko Tsumagari
Set Design Assistance: James Robatham and Tobias Blackmore
Digital Post Production: Mark Boyle
Lighting: Direct Photographic

Fashion Film:

Edit: Raquel Couceiro
Sound: Akira Morgan
3D Assets: Gabriel Carasso and Tod Ivanov

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