From a Penicuik Community Development Trust exhibition
of Penicuik Greats in
Raised
in Penicuik, Albert Watson (born 1942)
is one of the most influential and sought-after fashion and commercial
photographers working today.
His
instantly recognisable portraits feature many iconic
figures of fashion and popular culture including Kate Moss, Jack Nicholson,
Mike Tyson and Alfred Hitchcock, and his photographs have featured on over 250
covers of Vogue alongside publications such as Rolling Stone, The Face &
Arena, as well as in major commercial campaigns for clients that range from
Levi’s to Chanel.
Among Watson's own artistic projects are powerful
large-format photographs of
ALBERT WATSON
photographed by Takeshi Hanzawa, 1997
”Thank
God for Albert Watson. If you were to pick up your Websters
and look up "generous" you'd probably find a photo of this
famous Scotsman. Albert is a natural and giving teacher and not the type to
leave out the ingredient that sweetens the pie either. His photographs are
signature, classical and bold, and in our world of manipulation, Albert prefers
the enlargers and the trays. Rolling Stone Twenty Fifth Anniversary Issue: Mick
Jagger, the leopard ... HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?
His portraits are impenetrable, they capture the
strength of his subjects and are a lesson in form and design. If you ever have
a chance to see a Watson print, count on being humbled and inspired, for he is
truly a master.” - Mark Seliger
This image by Albert
Watson for Memoirs of a Geisha
- Penicuik
Cinema’s presentation here in the Town Hall
on
Record
of a Penicuik Community Development Trust exhibition of Penicuik Greats in
acknowledging the many
photographs more fully displayed in Albert Watson
Inc website
2006
For
Mark Seliger text & Takeshi Hanzawa
photograph of Albert Watson see Photo District News Anniversary
see
the essay by Karl-Peter Gottschalk 1995 on
Albert Watson’s working methods and publication of his books