spring/summer 1999

devon aoki in “more beautiful women” by nick knight, 2002 (x)

The models are denied the structure of the conventional fashion sitting and must therefore direct themselves. For some, the 120 seconds stretching ahead are evidently unbearable; others are completely at ease in front of the video camera. In the context of the fashion studio, this project poses questions about the act of modelling, and what happens to the fashion photograph when the photographer’s directorial control is removed.