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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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2010
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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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2011 |
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Beauty Culture, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California |
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2011 |
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Albert Watson - I Observe, Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo) |
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2011 |
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Retrospective, Fotografiska. Stockholm, Sweden (solo) |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Mick Jagger, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France; Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia, Milan, Italy |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Fashion! Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Vintage Albert Watson, Hamiltons, London, United Kingdom (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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