Albert Watson
Albert Watson
Photographer and film-maker
Born in Edinburgh in 1942, Albert Watson OBE is a celebrated photographer and film-maker. He studied graphic design and film and television before moving to the US in 1970, where he quickly started to build his career. His ‘big break’ came in 1973, with his iconic images of film director Alfred Hitchcock holding a plucked goose for Harper’s Bazaar.
Born in Edinburgh in 1942, Albert Watson OBE is a celebrated photographer and film-maker. He studied graphic design and film and television before moving to the US in 1970, where he quickly started to build his career. His ‘big break’ came in 1973, with his iconic images of film director Alfred Hitchcock holding a plucked goose for Harper’s Bazaar.
Watson’s images have featured on over 100 covers of Vogue and over 40 covers of Rolling Stone. The US publication Photo District News named him as one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time, alongside the likes of Irving Penn and Richard Avedon
For nigh on 50 years, the raw visual power of Albert Watson’s photography has provoked, delighted, entertained and occasionally upset people around the world. His incredibly impressive body of work stretches across many photographic genres – landscape, fashion, beauty, portrait and still-life to name a few – and he is hugely respected amongst fellow photographers. Although he’s been blind in one eye since birth – his first book was cheekily titled Cyclops – Watson has firmly established himself as one of the world’s most influential photographers, so much so that he was awarded an
