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Biography |
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1942 |
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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland |
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1970 |
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Moves to the United States with wife Elizabeth, and begins shooting photos, mostly as a hobby |
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1975 |
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Grammy Award for the photography on the cover of the Mason Profitt album “Come and Gone”. |
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1976 |
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Moves to New York, and starts his first job for Vogue magazine |
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1980 |
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ANDY award, Best Editorial Photography |
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1983 |
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ANDY award, Best Advertising Photography |
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1989 |
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ANDY award, Best Editorial Photography |
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2006 |
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Scottish Fashion Awards Hall of Fame |
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2006 |
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Lucie Award, Outstanding Achievement in Advertising Photography |
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Named one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time by Photo District News, along with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, among others. |
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Lives and works in New York. |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 - 2010 |
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"Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present," Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, New York. |
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2009 |
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"The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion," Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York. |
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2009 |
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"Albert Watson," Tres Hombres Art. Halmstad, Sweden. (solo) |
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2008 - 2009 |
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"Best of Albert Watson (A Retrospective)," NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany (09/20/08 - 01/18/09) (solo) |
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2008 - 2009 |
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"Albert Watson," Camera Work. Berlin, Germany. (solo) |
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2008 |
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"Miss Beehayving: Albert Watson," Hamiltons Gallery. London, United Kingdom. (solo) |
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2008 |
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"Contact: Albert Watson," Galería Hartmann. Barcelona, Spain. (solo) |
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2008 |
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"Blind Date," Photography Monika Mohr Galerie. Hamburg, Germany. |
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2008 |
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"Dreamwomen: Beauty in the 21st century," Haus de Photographie/Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Hamburg, Germany. |
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2008 |
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"Fashion: 9 decades of fashion photography," Camera Work. Berlin, Germany. |
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2007 |
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"Albert Watson: Frozen," FotoMuseum. Antwerpen, Belgium. (solo) |
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2007 |
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"Albert Watson: Retrospective," Acte2galerie. Paris, France. (solo) |
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2007 |
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"Albert Watson," Young Gallery. Brussels, Belgium. (solo) |
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2007 |
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"Individuals: 20 Portraits from the GAP Collection," National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom. |
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2007 |
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"L’Art Comme Univers," Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Moscow, Russia. |
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2006 |
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"A Few Portraits," 401 Projects. New York, New York. (solo) |
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2006 |
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"Albert Watson: Frozen," City Art Centre. Edinburgh, Scotland. (solo) |
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2005 - 2006 |
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"Albert Watson: Frozen - A Retrospective," Kunst Haus Wien. Vienna, Austria. (solo) |
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2004 |
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"Frozen: A Retrospective by Albert Watson," Rotonda di Via Besana. Milan, Italy. (solo) |
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2002 |
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"Albert Watson," Kunsthalle Rostock. Rostock, Germany. (solo) |
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2001 - 2002 |
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"Albert Watson: Mad Dog," Photography Monika Mohr Galerie. Hamburg, Germany. (solo) |
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1996 - 1997 |
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"Mad Dog," Art Society for the Rhinelands and Westphalia. Düsseldorf, Germany; Art Gallery 'Am Tunnel', Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat. Luxembourg. (solo) |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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'Albert Watson: Frozen,' FotoMuseum. Antwerpen, Belgium. |
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2007 |
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'Albert Watson: 10 Photographs,' Young Gallery. Brussels, Belgium. |
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2007 |
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Watson, Albert, James Crump. 'Albert Watson,' Phaidon Press. New York and London. |
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2005 |
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'Albert Watson - Stern Fotografie,' Stern. Hamburg, Germany. |
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2002 |
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Watson, Albert, Michele Schons. 'Albert Watson,' Schirmer/Mosel. Munich, Germany. |
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1998 |
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Watson, Albert. 'Maroc,' Rizzoli. New York, New York. |
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1996 |
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Stecker, Raimund, ed. 'Mad Dog,' Schirmer/Mosel. Munich, Germany. |
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1994 |
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Watson, Albert, Jeff Koons, and Laurie Kratochvil; James Truman, intro. 'Cyclops,' Little, Brown. Boston, Massachusetts. |
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