Aimee Mullins for Dazed & Confused, 1998
Photograph
1998 (made)
1998 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
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Nick Knight (born 1958, London) is one of Britain's most innovative and influential photographers and image makers. He has pushed the boundaries of commercial and editorial photography and collaborated with leading names in contemporary art, design, music and fashion. As Director of SHOWstudio he has recently produced on-line collaborations with fashion creatives. This image is part of a fashion story produced for Dazed & Confused magazine in 1998. Art Directed by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, it was hailed as one of the most groundbreaking commercial images of the year. The photograph shows the model Aimee Mullins with prosthetic legs and was used by McQueen and Knight to visualise alternative perceptions of fashion and physical beauty.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Aimee Mullins for Dazed & Confused, 1998 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Dye destruction print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Nick Knight, 'Aimee Mullins for Dazed & Confused, 1998', C-type print, 1998. |
| Physical description | Colour photograph of a female model wearing a skeletal frame of a full length skirt. The model is using her right hand to lift up the front of the skirt, clearly exposing her prosthetic limbs, attached at the knee. The model is looking vacantly out of the photograph, enhancing the mannequin-like qualities of her pose. Clothes designed by Alexander McQueen. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 100, 2016-17:
Nick Knight (born 1958)
‘Fashion-able’
1998
This photograph features Paralympian and double amputee Aimee Mullins. It was originally published
in an issue of Dazed & Confused magazine that was edited by fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Like much of the work of McQueen and photographer
Nick Knight, the bold image defies traditional conventions of beauty.
Dye-destruction print
Given by Nick Knight
Museum no. E.633-1998 |
| Credit line | Given by Nick Knight |
| Object history | This photograph, taken by Nick Knight, is part of a fashion story created for a special edition of Dazed & Confused entitled "Fashion - Able", in 1998. The issue of the magazine was edited by fashion designer, Alexander McQueen. Historical significance: This photograph was published in Dazed & Confused magazine in 1998 and will be remembered as one of the most groundbreaking commercial images of the year. It marks the capacity of Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen's ongoing collaboration to visualise alternatives in perceptions of fashion and physical beauty. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Nick Knight (born 1958, London) is one of Britain's most innovative and influential photographers and image makers. He has pushed the boundaries of commercial and editorial photography and collaborated with leading names in contemporary art, design, music and fashion. As Director of SHOWstudio he has recently produced on-line collaborations with fashion creatives. This image is part of a fashion story produced for Dazed & Confused magazine in 1998. Art Directed by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, it was hailed as one of the most groundbreaking commercial images of the year. The photograph shows the model Aimee Mullins with prosthetic legs and was used by McQueen and Knight to visualise alternative perceptions of fashion and physical beauty. |
| Bibliographic reference | Sonia Solicari, ed. Victoriana. A MiscellanyLondon, Guildhall Art Gallery, 2013. ISBN: 9781902795157. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.633-1998 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2003 |
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