ALBERT WATSON
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ALBERT WATSON

KAOS

ALBERT WATSON

125,00 €
118,75 €
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Editorial:
TASCHEN
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
ISBN:
978-3-7544-0154-5
Páginas:
408
Encuadernación:
Cartoné
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Celebrate the career monograph of master image maker Albert Watson, one of the most in-demand and versatile portrait, fine art, and fashion photographers. Watson’s textured, graphic, often cinematic style shines across genres, time periods, and subjects including Steve Jobs, Keith Richards, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Jack Nicholson, and Uma Thurman. Watson wonders The unlimited edition of a major Albert Watson retrospective What makes Albert Watson one of the world’s most revered photographers, hailed by peers, critics, and collectors alike? Is it his unparalleled portfolio of celebrity portraits? Breathtaking landscapes? Sensual nudes, still lifes, illustrious fashion shoots? KAOS presents a kaleidoscopic overview of Watson’s career to date and the dazzling array of subjects, objects, people, and places he has encountered along the way. A skillfully curated and dynamic portfolio, it spans 50 years of photography as we encounter stars, statesmen, supermodels and strangers; bound through neon-blazing cities; find figures poised, or shimmering with nude eroticism; roam the bright lights and the backstreets; soak up extravagant sunsets; and breathe in the elemental wilds of the photographer’s native Scotland. Starting with Watson’s breakthrough portrait of Alfred Hitchcock for the Christmas 1973 edition of Harper’s Bazaar, each photograph reverberates with tightly coiled power, tension, and poetry. Whether it’s a portrait of a Las Vegas dominatrix, Elvis’s gold suit, a chimpanzee, or a street scene in China, Watson excels in capturing the surface seamlessly and probing its myriad depths. Along the way, his celebrity portraiture, including the likes of David Bowie, Jay Z, Kate Moss, Jennifer Lopez, Pamela Anderson, Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson, Steve Jobs, and Andy Warhol, shows a particular interest in the private person behind the iconic façade. This remarkable collection is accompanied by an essay from the former head of photographs at Christie’s, Philippe Garner, and extensive quotes from Watson, as well as dozens of previously unpublished Polaroids, culled from Watson’s personal archives. The result is a defining document of the “photographer’s photographer,” iridescent in its graphic, often cinematic allure, and irresistible in its eclectic glory. Also available as four signed Art Editions (No. 1-200), each with a signed print.

¿Qué convierte a Albert Watson en uno de los fotógrafos más venerados del mundo, aclamado por colegas, críticos y coleccionistas por igual? ¿Se debe a su inigualable colección de retratos de famosos? ¿A sus impresionantes paisajes? ¿A los sensuales desnudos, las naturalezas muertas o sus ilustres sesiones fotográficas de moda?
KAOS presenta una visión caleidoscópica de la carrera de Watson hasta la fecha y de la deslumbrante variedad de temas, objetos, personas y lugares que ha abordado a lo largo de su trayectoria. Cuidadosamente concebido y lleno de dinamismo, este portafolio abarca 50 años de fotografía por los que desfilan estrellas, estadistas, supermodelos y desconocidos; nos lleva por ciudades bañadas en luces de neón; muestra figuras serenas o de vibrante erotismo; recorre grandes avenidas y callejones oscuros; contempla atardeceres exuberantes y respira la naturaleza indómita de la Escocia natal del fotógrafo.

Comenzando con un retrato que marcó un hito en su carrera —Alfred Hitchcock en la edición navideña de Harper’s Bazaar de 1973—, cada fotografía vibra con intensidad contenida, tensión y poesía. Ya sea el retrato de una dominatriz de Las Vegas, el traje dorado de Elvis, un chimpancé o una escena callejera en China, Watson destaca por su capacidad para capturar la superficie con precisión impecable y revelar sus infinitas profundidades. A lo largo de su trayectoria, sus retratos de celebridades —entre ellos David Bowie, Jay-Z, Kate Moss, Jennifer Lopez, Pamela Anderson, Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson, Steve Jobs y Andy Warhol— muestran un interés particular en la persona que se oculta tras su icónica fachada.

Esta extraordinaria colección incluye un ensayo del exdirector del Departamento de Fotografía de Christie’s, Philippe Garner, citas del propio Watson y docenas de Polaroids inéditas procedentes de sus archivos personales. El resultado es un documento definitivo del “fotógrafo de los fotógrafos”, fascinante por su magnetismo gráfico, a menudo cinematográfico, e irresistible por su diversidad y esplendor.
También disponible en cuatro Ediciones de Arte firmadas (n.os 1-200), cada una acompañada de una lámina autografiada.

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