The status of the fashion photographer is changing. Where once their worth was measured by the campaigns they booked, the rise of the fashion-print sale has transformed their work into highly collectable art. Among today’s most desired items, a Nick Knight print can fetch £75,000, a Steven Meisel as much as £40,000, while works by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott (known as Mert and Marcus) and Juergen Teller have sold at auction for more than £30,000 and £16,000 respectively.
时尚摄影师的地位正在改变。曾几何时,他们的身价取决于他们被预约的活动的规格,但现在,时尚相片交易的兴起将他们的作品变成了收藏价值颇高的艺术品。看看当今最受追捧的作品吧:尼克•奈特(Nick Knight)的一幅相片能卖7.5万英镑,史蒂芬•迈泽尔(Steven Meisel)的相片能卖4万英镑,而梅尔特•阿拉斯(Mert Alas)和马科斯•皮戈特(Marcus Piggott)组合(合称梅尔特和马科斯)以及于尔根•泰勒(Juergen Teller)的作品曾分别拍得3万多美元和1.6万美元。