Focusing on the black pearl balanced between Rebekka Botzem’s teeth and framed by her lips, this captivating photograph by Nick Knight highlights the visual associations between jewellery and female sexuality. The image was part of a subversive editorial Knight shot for British Vogue in 1996, presenting some of the most expensive pearls, diamonds and gems in a new light. In 2000, Nick Knight founded SHOWStudio, a groundbreaking multimedia platform for presenting fashion on the internet and in 2010, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to the arts. Knight’s work has been exhibited widely, including the Tate Modern, London and the Victoria & Albert Museum, and another print of this image is featured in the current exhibition Vogue 100: A Century of Style at the National Portrait Gallery in London.