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    ALBERT WATSON

    Mar 10, 2017 6 minutes
    Source: Opposite page One of Albert Watson’s first professional portrait assignments was photographing film director Alfred Hitchcock for Harper’s Bazaar in 1973. The pose was Watson’s idea.

    You studied graphic design at art college in Dundee, then film at the Royal College of Art. What made you decide to work in photography rather than another art form?

    At that time, Dundee offered a four-year course with two years of general art, then you specialised for the final two years. I chose graphic design, and I really enjoyed the discipline of the process. Then the college added photography to the curriculum, and around the same time my wife Elizabeth bought me a simple camera for my 21st birthday.

    When I got that camera in my hand, I felt very comfortable straight away. There was something magical to me about it.

    Your artistic training lasted several years. How important has it been in your professional life?

    My work is really divided into three different categories. The first one is graphics and the second one is film, as far as directing people and lighting them is concerned. The third category is a combination of both film and graphics.

    I greatly appreciate the educational system I went

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