On
Tuesday, November 2nd, the SPD Speakeasy will feature a conversation with photo editor Laurie Kratochvil and photographer
Albert Watson about Albert's latest books:
Strip Search, a 10-year personal project shooting the life and lives of Las Vegas, and
UFO: Albert Watson, a 40-year retrospective of Albert's work in fashion and celebrity
portraiture.
We asked
Greg Pond, who collaborated with Albert for many years as photography director of
Details and
Fortune, to share his thoughts on
Strip Search and Watson in general.
Greg Pond: The great Scottish photographer Albert Watson once told me a story about the beginning of his career in the early 1970s. Having recently arrived in Los Angeles, Albert and his wife, Elizabeth, were broke, unknown, and trying to realize their American dream. An art director friend who worked on the Max Factor advertising account gave Albert a test shoot--his first job as a photographer. The AD loved the work and said he'd pay Albert for two pictures.
When the check arrived, Albert and Liz thought there had been some sort of mistake...
(Above): Fun City, Las Vegas, 2001, from
Strip Search…
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