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Albert Watson

Albert Watson

Scottish photographer

Jul 23, 2026

19:21
That's
19:21
what happened.
19:28
I, at that time, the eighties, I changed because I was interested in things that had weight.
19:37
And that began to have a conflict sometimes with editors who preferred a lighter approach.
19:44
You know, more of an approach where it's the beauty of the woman and a nice portrait of the woman and kind of straight forward shooting of the women in front of you.
20:01
And I don't oppose that.
20:04
I don't think it was a bad thing, it's just the way things happen.

36 MINS LATER

55:46
Can we talk about Steve Jobs' photograph?
NeilHOST
10:15
[laughs]
10:16
You know, and I was like, "No, not quite." I said, uh, I, I said, "I booked her for an hour, so you only have to pay for her for an hour, but I, I talked her into staying all day." Now, I, I think that impressed him as much as anything [laughs] in a way, that I had talked the model into staying, you know, to do the pictures.
10:34
So anyway, he took a long time looking at the pictures, and I was just standing there.
10:38
He didn't say much.
10:39
And he grabbed, like, four or five rolls of film, different shots, and he said, uh, uh, "I'll be right back." Well, he was away for quite a long time.
10:49
It must have been about 20, 25 minutes.
10:51
I was just sitting there waiting.

21 MINS LATER

NeilHOST
32:10
Do you think that's somehow masked the 5% that you talk about that's the most important bit?

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