Nick Knight is a highly influential fashion photographer known for his editorial work in magazines like Vogue and his role as founder of SHOWstudio.com. He is renowned for experimental, creative photography using lighting, color, and digital manipulation to achieve unique aesthetic effects. Irving Penn was also a seminal fashion photographer, known for his sophisticated black and white portraits and still lifes for Vogue in the 1940s-1960s. Both photographers direct elaborate studio shoots to creatively showcase fashion and celebrity subjects through controlled lighting and poses against plain backgrounds.