Lawrence Watson photographs I am Kloot in the wake of their new album 'Let It All In'

I Am Kloot have announced a UK tour in support of their album 'Let It All In'. The Tour kicks off in Sheffield on the 13th of April.

www.iamkloot.com
Skinny Dip - Lawrence Watson

KRISTINA TRAIN PRESS SHOOT BY LAWRENCE WATSON

The New Fine Art: The Unstoppable Rise of Photography [Huffington Post Article]

In an article for Huffington Post, James Holmes writes about the rise of photography as a fine art and cites the work of Skinny Dip photographers Lawrence Watson and Dean Chalkley.

"Interest is also growing in conceptual photography, such as the late 20th century photogram artists like Floris Neusűss whose work may be considered fine art by virtue of not being reproducible. 

But things can get out of hand, as seen in the poisonous, mercantile aspect of the art auction. In 2011, a 1999 Andreas Gursky photographic work called Rhein II was sold for $4.3 million at Christie's. The art world possesses the power, therefore, to attach a price tag to a work of art in the same way a mortician ties a tag to the toe of a cadaver. This system of value serves only to weigh down the artist with the notion that his creations possess ludicrous values, whereby he is robbed of the hunger which caused him to create in the first instance. 

But it is of small consequence that art sells. It has been like that for millennia; with a patron and a brief, an artist can go to work. And artists have been very productive of late. Photographers like Rankin or Dean Chalkley have smuggled their art into the mainstream and have been rewarded for it. As has Betina La Plante, a Los Angeles-based commercial and fine art photographer working almost exclusively in portraiture. Working in black and white, she renders a chiaroscuro effect that unites the emotional expression that can be found in charcoal sketches with the pin-sharp exactness of a Zeiss lens. A person's physiognomy is turned into a landscape, as can be seen in her portrait of the late Chris Stamp. 

The considered approach of La Plante is similar to that of Lawrence Watson, a photographer popularly known for capturing iconic images of Oasis and Paul Weller (above). In paying close attention to his subjects in carefully chosen environments, such as in recording studios or atop the Empire State Building, his compositions threaten to burst from their frames, and as a result, live long in the memory."

Read the full article here - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Shots of Piff Gang for Jocks & Nerds, by Lawrence Watson

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Jocks & Nerds Magazine

Lawrence Watson shoots Paul Weller for Jocks & Nerds magazine

Lawrence Watson shot Paul Weller for a Jocks & Nerds article about his style. The article also includes Lawrence's archived photographs of Paul over the years.

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Jocks & Nerds

Lawrence Watson shoots the House Festival

Lawrence Watson shot for the House Festival this July at Chiswick House & Gardens. The festival line-up included Keane, Lana Del Rey, Basement Jaxx and Friendly Fires.

Basement Jaxx

Friendly Fires

Lana Del Rey

Link to festival website

LAWRENCE WATSON SHOOTS HERITAGE BRAND STONE ISLAND for JOCKS & NERDS MAGAZINE

Lawrence Watson recently photographed several Stone Island fans for an editorial piece for Jocks & Nerds summer issue. The story celebrates thirty years of Stone Island as a heritage brand by looking at its history and origin and then looking at current fans of the brand.

Lawrence photographed a wide range of fans of the Stone Island brand including fashion designer Aitor Throup, music director Thristian Richards and actor Russel Tovey.

Lawrence Watson - Stone Island - Jocks and Nerds Magazine

Lawrence Watson Photographed Russell Tovey and other London Creatives profiling the heritage of fashion brand Stone Island for the latest issue of Jocks and Nerds.

LAWRENCE WATSON - THE WORLD IS YOURS - TOKYO

 Lawrence Watsons 'The World is Yours' show continued its tour of Japan at 'Thug for Life' gallery in Shibuya Tokyo.  The exhibition consists of a selection of unseen images from the same archive featured in Lawrences book of the same name, presented by Adidas.

LAWRENCE WATSON - THE WORLD IS YOURS

Lawrence Watson will be exhibiting a retrospective of images in Japan. The images in the exhibition are taken from The World is Yours, a book of photographs created in association with Adidas spanning Lawrences career as a photographer of musicians working with the Smiths, Oasis and Bowie to name but a few ...

LAWRENCE WATSON - PAUL WELLER - MOJO MAGAZINE

An image of Paul Weller from Lawrence Watson's archive featured in the April 2012 issue of MOJO Magazine:

LAWRENCE WATSON - NME SPECIAL COLLECTORS MAGAZINE

Lawrence Watson photographs Noel Gallagher for NME special collectors magazine, NME/UNCUT.

"Lawrence Watson Photographs Noel Gallagher"

 

Lawrence's show has been featured in various publications and online, below is a snippet from
The Telegraph's interview with Noel in which he talks about working with Lawrence... 

The show is on till 13th Nov, so get down there and check out the iconic portraits, polaroids,
contact sheets, and the short film...  Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch St, London, E2

Check out the teaser trailer film..

"Why did you allow Lawrence to photograph you throughout the process?"

"I'm not sure I ever did. Lawrence has always been around when I've been in the studio. It wouldn't
be the same without him to be honest, so it didn’t’ feel like there was anything out of the ordinary
going on. He did decide to grow a beard early doors, though, so I could tell how long I was
taking to make the record by looking at his ginger beard. Have you seen it? It really should be
in the Tate."

LAWRENCE WATSON: NOEL GALLAGHER

Lawrence has been hanging out in LA with Noel Gallagher,

shooting all the new press pictures and sleeve artwork shots for Noel's High Flying Birds.

The trip included such serendipitous moments as

finding the theatre with the line

"Its never too late to be what you might have been"

spelt out above it, which is the backdrop to the

"The Death of You and Me" single sleeve.

Lawrence used vintage Polaroids which give the images a

beautiful, nostalgic and evocative feel.

FRANKLY MR SHANKLY

Lawrence Watson's new LA show 'Frankly Mr Shankly' kicked off with a rocking opening night and after party, read B in the Making's review "POPPED OUR COLLARS & HOLLERED ‘LA’. PT.2 THE OPENING" to hear more about the night and see some pics.

Lawrence Watson shoots SoundGirl in LA

Photographer Lawrence Watson recently flew out to LA to shoot London's hottest new girl trio SoundGirl. The girls, Izzy, Nicole and Olivia are signed to Mercury records and currently touring with Pixie Lott.