From a
Penicuik Community Development Trust exhibition of Penicuik Greats in
Updated
for a new exhibition by the Trust featuring Albert Watson 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. His is
the historic image of Steve Jobs chosen for Walter Isaacson’s authorized
biography.
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
Updated
for a new exhibition by the Trust featuring
Albert Watson in Penicuik Town Hall on 14 April 2012.
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
Albert Watson portrait of Steve Jobs on cover of Walter
Isaacson’s biography 2012 see Steve
Jobs The Biography website