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Albert Watson 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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Centenary Medal, The Royal Photographic Society, London, UK
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Albert Watson - Visions and Memories feat. Faces of Africa, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2012
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Albert Watson: Visions, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2012
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Great Photographs: Scape, Hasted Kraeutler, New York, New York
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2012
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The Expression of Identity, St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland
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2011
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Beauty Culture, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California
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2011
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Fashion : The Story of a Lifetime, Noorderlicht Gallery, The Netherlands
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2011
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Femininity 0.1, Maison Particuliere Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
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2011
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Albert Watson : Exposed, Acte2 Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
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2011
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Albert Watson, Kahmann Gallery, The Netherlands (solo)
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2011
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Albert Watson, Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, Kristiansund, Norway (solo)
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2011
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Albert Watson, Swedish Museum of Photography. Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2010
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Fashion: Story of a Lifetime, The Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE
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2010
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Albert Watson, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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The Best of Albert Watson, Photographers Limited Editions, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2010
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Albert Watson: Retrospektive, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2010
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UFO: Unified Fashion Objectives, Hartmann Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2010
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UFO: Unified Fashion Objectives, Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2009 - 2010
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Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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2009
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The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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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 (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, UK (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, UK
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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, NY (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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2010
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'Strip Search: Las Vegas,' PQ Blackwell. Auckland, New Zealand
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2010
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'UFO: Unified Fashion Objectives,' PQ Blackwell/Harry N Abrams.
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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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