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Red Coat

Photograph
1986 (photographed), 1987 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Knight, Nick (photographer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (photographed)
London (printed)

Red silhouette of Naomi Campbell.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Fashion
Object type
Photograph
TitleRed Coat (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
E6 colour transparency film processed in C41 negative developer. Hand printed from negative at Genix Imaging, London. A flash light was used to freeze the silhouette. The tungsten light and long exposure time gave them the melting or blurring red colour of the shape.
Photographic Paper
Chromogenic
Brief description
Photography by Nick Knight, 'Red Coat', 1987
Physical description
Red silhouette of Naomi Campbell.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 150cm
  • Image height: 120cm
  • Frame width: 153cm
  • Frame height: 120cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Copy number
Version 2
Gallery label
In this bold, simple and stylish fashion image Nick Knight used flash light to freeze the silhouette. In addition, tungsten light and a long exposure time produced the melting or blurring red colour within the shape. It was originally commissioned by Yohji Yamamoto for his Autumn/Winter 1987/8 collection advertisements but has been printed up at a large scale and framed also to be seen in a gallery context. Knight has remained at the forefront of fashion and commercial photography for the last ten years, challenging conventional notions of beauty and pushing the boundaries of fashion and art with creativity, innovative techniques and high production values.(2008-2009)
Object history
Comissioned by Yohji Yamamoto for his Autumn/Winter 1987/8 collection advertisements
Production
Negative printed by Brian Dowling in 1987

Subjects depicted
Coat
Model
Naomi Campbell
Bibliographic references
  • Knight, Nick. NICKNIGHT. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1992.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.100-1997

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Record createdNovember 2, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128940/red-coat-photograph-knight-nick/
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