2. NICK KNIGHT & KWABENA

One day Kwabena accompanied a friend to a fashion shoot and was approached by fashion photographer Nick Knight who persuaded him to join in the shoot. This chance encounter led to a long lasting collaboration and together they created ground breaking campaigns and images for top fashion designers.

It was during one of these shoots that Nick’s stylists, Simon Foxton brought in a pair of wooden glasses that he had carried around for years. Kwabena picked them and tried them on, they looked great on him. Simon had never been able to carry them off, he thought it was now time they had a new owner and gave them to Kwabena.

Nick Knight, Director of SHOWstudio, is among the world's most influential photographers. He has won numerous awards for his editorial work for Vogue, Dazed & Confused, i-D, The Face and Visionaire, as well as for fashion and advertising projects for clients including Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Levi Strauss, Yohji Yamamoto and Yves Saint Laurent. Knight has also shot record covers for Björk, David Bowie, Kylie and Massive Attack. As a fashion photographer, Nick Knight has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty. Knight's work has been exhibited at international institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and Hayward Gallery. He has also produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London