Albert Watson: Creating Photographs

by Albert Watson

Let legendary fashion and portrait photographer Albert Watson guide you through how he captures his amazing images. In a series of bite-sized lessons Watson unveils the stories behind his most-famous shots and gives you the inspiration, tips and ideas to take into your own photography – from how to work with lighting and lenses, to learning to embrace your creativity and advice on getting your foot in the industry door. Illustrated throughout with key images from Watson's incredible 50-year career at the forefront of photography.

Genres: Photography

128 pages, Paperback

Published July 27, 2021

Reviews

[Ruby Mellinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot of good advice in this book and there are a lot of remarkable photos in it as well. However... while reading it, many times those two things did not come together to feel like a single, cohesive project. He'd talk about images, and there were images, but on many occasions, I'd find myself wondering what the presented picture had to do with the words next to it, or I'd read a story about a photo and want to see it, but the picture he just spent a page talking about was nowhere to be found, but instead there were some other photos which were seemingly unrelated.
Still worth reading, because, as I've said there was a lot of good advice and plenty of entertaining stories, but it was a little frustrating.

[Tony · Rating 4 out of 5]

9/10
Could be a 10 if it was about 100 pages longer and had some extra pics of what he’s describing in some photos that he took that are not there BUT the book is insanely informative. The book in two words for me would be preparation and lighting.

[Joao Barcelos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful stories from a genius. But i did find
it too small, both in length and dimensions.

[Rich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun little book. The photographer doles out advice alongside some great images.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for great ideas and learning the craft of photography!