Photo: Tupac Shakur, New York City, 1991. Photography by Albert Watson.
What a way to kick off the last month of the year! I am thrilled to have two features selected as the best photo stories of November for Dazed!
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Albert Watson’s Lessons on How to Be a Master Photographer
Name an icon and it’s likely that Albert Watson has photographed them. From Naomi Campbell to Alfred Hitchcock, and even King Tut artefacts, Watson has spent the past four decades documenting history. Recently, he released an XXL limited collector’s edition book, titled KAOS, so we caught up with him to talk about his career milestones and the lessons he’s learned along the way.
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Groundbreaking Drag Artists Who Aren’t RuPaul.
While we can never have enough Mama Ru, we are also aware that the world of drag deserves endless appreciation. Last month, Gregory Kramer released a new book, Drags, which takes inspiration from Irving Penn’s Small Trades – a series of black and white photographs of skilled trades people. In Drags, Kramer called upon New York’s drag community to come and pose in front of his camera. In celebration of its release, we asked each of his subjects to tell us what makes them stand out.
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Photo: Peppermint. Photography Gregory Kramer.