Fall 2010 Feature: ALBERT WATSON from RETV from Resource Magazine on Vimeo.
To be completely honest with you, I didn’t know the name “Albert Watson” until I watched that video up there. But I had seen his work. You probably have too. He made “the” portrait of Steve Jobs. You know the one. The iconic one that was omnipresent after Steve died. This one. It’s one of those pictures that at first glance seems simple. Clean white background, Light above camera left. Looks like a softbox. But then you start to realize the subtleties of it. that dark core on the left side of Jobs’ face. The way the far right side of his face gets darker as you move toward the ear. Masterful. And he’s not calling attention to it, either. He’s doing it without bragging to the viewer. Subtle. Clean. Pro.
So yeah, fair to say, I’m a big fan. Especially now that I know his name. I really like a high degree of control of light. Illuminating the front of someone’s face, but not either side…. amazing. You want to just watch and take notes, it’s so clean.
Check out his website. Fair warning, though… it autoplays music. I won’t hold it against him, though.
An Introduction to Albert Watson
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