The short life of ‘90s Italian-American reportage photographer Davide Sorrenti has finally been reframed in a brand new biographical documentary—See Know Evil—by New York-based filmmaker Charlie Curran. Featuring interviews from the Sorrenti family, friends and the model (and Davide’s then girlfriend) Jaime King, this is the first extended clip made available to the public outside of festival screenings. 

Davide was an early adopter of the ‘90s movement that rejected the decadence and luxury of the fashion world. His images of sallow-skinned, emaciated models stripped away layers of artifice to reveal the raw beauty and intensity of the people in front of the camera. The death of Davide in 1997 at the age of 20 triggered mass panic in the fashion industry. Although his death was largely attributed to lifelong health complications (with trace amounts of Class A drugs found in his system), the media denounced him as a poster boy for “heroine chic”in order to highlight the tragic consequences of drug abuse.  

The image of the “rocknroll heroine addict” has unjustifiably been attributed to Davide’s name for the last two decades. In this film Curran aims to rectify this disservice and create a new legacy for a young photographer that, through passion, imagination and raw talent, changed the face of photography for a generation.