The growth of the right-wing National Front and its recruitment of youth merely increased the amount of conflict present in the skinhead subculture. Punk shows and Ska shows were marred by skinhead violence. Even American newspapers covered the race riots that exploded in London in 1981.

You may not, however, recognise the humanity of its subjects. These days, the word skinhead can conjure images only of hatred and racism, but that is our problem. How it came to be a problem is instructive, and tells us something about the power of imagery, and the nature of our prejudices.Hebdige says that these days 'the style tends to look more like part of an international white power movement, though I may be wrong. It may well be a lot more complicated than that, but it's certainly more difficult in 2007 than it was a few decades ago to adopt the skinhead style "innocently", that is, without invoking the equation most everybody nowadays - white and non-white people alike - makes between skins and right-wing racist activism. Spectacular youth subcultures are all about bending signs this way or that, but my sense is you'd have to be really determined, really smart and really perverse nowadays to set out to appropriate skin style for something other than a xeno-homo-non-white-phobic ideology.'

Watson says eight of his friends were dead by the time he was 23. By then his camera, an unwieldy Mamiya RB67 in brown and gold, was four years old, and paired with his Nikon had captured a scene in High Wycombe that Watson's admirers claim to be the single most complete depiction of an English youth movement in existence. Knight's work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, the Photographers Gallery, the Hayward Gallery and recently the Tate Modern. He has produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London. Kelley, Frannie (May 21, 2013). "Kanye West Stands Alone". NPR. The Record. Archived from the original on July 11, 2013 . Retrieved July 9, 2013.End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Singles 2013". ARIA. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014 . Retrieved August 31, 2018.

Above all, Knight seems determined to defy the cynic in all of us – not least those involved in the fashion industry. He seems happy to paint himself as the unassuming internet crusader – and has some sinners in his sights. “I find it annoying that the internet is driven mainly by the porn industry. I don’t want to have a fantastic communications tool driven entirely by commerce and porn, although that is often the way.” a b Dombal, Ryan (June 24, 2013). "The Yeezus Sessions". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018 . Retrieved March 30, 2019. Nostro, Lauren (June 19, 2013). "Here Are The Full Liner Notes on Kanye West's "Yeezus" ". Complex. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018 . Retrieved May 12, 2019. Amongst the world's most influential and visionary photographers, Knight has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty and is fêted for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with leading designers including Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. Advertising campaigns for clients such as Christian Dior, Tom Ford, Lancôme, Swarovski, Levi Strauss, Calvin Klein and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as award-winning editorials for publications including W, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Dazed & Confused, AnOther, Another Man and i-D, have consistently kept Knight at the vanguard of progressive image-making for the past three decades. Kramer, Kyle (April 19, 2016). "Kanye West Is Updating 'Yeezus' Now, Too". VICE . Retrieved June 16, 2019.

The twist in this riveting film about a violently anti-Semitic New York skinhead is that Danny Balint (played by Ryan Gosling) is himself Jewish. Following the announcement of Lady Gaga’s 2022 Summer Stadium World Tour, The Chromatica Ball, Knight was commissioned to shoot a series of interludes several weeks before it started, matching the twisted dark fantasy visuals Gaga had in mind for her shows.