We first met Ki Price at the launch of Vivienne Westwood: An Active Life at The Light House in Soho. In a room full of people, he was impossible not to notice.
Ki describes himself rather brilliantly as a “Soho reject.” It tells you quite a lot. A photographer with a studio in Soho, an unmistakable personal style and a career spent around fashion, music, art and activism, he is very much part of the world he photographs, while never quite conforming to it.
For more than three decades, Ki has captured people and moments that have shaped contemporary culture. His work has been published internationally, exhibited in museums around the world and includes an extensive photographic archive of Vivienne Westwood.
But these are more than records of who was there. There is theatre in Ki’s photographs, sometimes quiet, sometimes urgent, and an instinct for the moment when documentation becomes art.
Having photographed Westwood’s runway shows for years, in 2014 Ki was invited by Vivienne and her son Joe Corré to document their environmental and anti-fracking campaigns. He continued photographing her until her death in 2022, creating an extraordinary record of Westwood beyond the runway.
As Ki says:
“Photographing Vivienne was never about creating an icon. It was about documenting a remarkable woman whose creativity, humour and determination were evident whether she was walking onto a runway, leading a protest or simply sharing a quiet moment between events.”
Presented entirely in black and white, the six works selected by STYLL carry that theatre into an interior. They have presence, cultural weight and personality, while sitting naturally in conversation with the wider collection.
STYLL exclusively represents six limited edition photographs from Ki Price’s Vivienne Westwood archive, each authenticated with his artist approved signature and enhanced provenance.
From Soho to Westwood, activism to art, discover the story behind the photographs in the STYLL Journal →
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