Big Up - Hardcover

Watts, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156898412X ISBN 13: 9781568984124

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003

Synopsis

Ben Watts has rapidly emerged as one of today's top photographers. His collection of photographic moments captured both on assignment and while working on personal projects covers a broad range of subjects, from street photography to fashion shoots, from hip-hop culture to high school wrestlers. Watts's images not only show the personal visual diary of an artist, but provide a new look at what it means to be young and urban. Often with short notes from himself or his subjects scribbled on the photos, or with bits and pieces from the "site" (an airplane boarding pass, an entry ticket), Watts's images are put together in fantastic collages and combinations that are humorous and insightful at the same time. "Big Up" is Ben Watts's personal scrapbook reproduced in a large-format book that preserves all the qualities of a photo album. His images--vibrant, energetic, and sensuous--take readers on a photographic journey that stays in mind long after the book has been put down.

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Review:

"British photographer Ben Watts shot some rad pictures of wrestlers for us a short while ago. We were in love with his images then, and we haven't fallen out of love since. Big Up collects a variety of his raw, high-energy hip-hop portraits into one inspiring scrapbook."

Synopsis:

Watts has rapidly emerged as one of today's top photographers. His collection covers a braod range of subjects, from street photography fashion shoots, from hip-hop culture to high school wrestlers. His pictures are not only a personal diary, but provide a new look at what it means to be young and urban.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 156898412X
• ISBN 13: 9781568984124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184