catalogue Spring 2012 - exhibitions international

wood, water & rock
cliff watts
photography
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Cliff Watts
Wood Water & Rock
Foreword by Beyoncé
24 x 28 cm. 9,5 x 11 inches
Pgs. 200 Ill. 140
Cloth hardback with dust jacket
English
Release date Spring 2012
Rights world
Usd 60.00 GbP 35.00
ISBN > 978-88-6208-206-8
This collection of nudes is about forms in nature. It was a year
of travelling to different landscapes and seeing the beauty of
these “human fossils.” It’s a collaboration between myself as
a photographer and six willing friends who volunteered to go
through extreme heat, freezing cold and various uncomfortable
conditions to create this wonderful body of work. This book is
a labor of love. It’s about form, texture, abstraction, and beauty.
It’s about the classic nude, and how it blends seamlessly into
and also contrasts nature.
Cliff Watts is an American fashion and portrait photographer
and commercials director. He is most widely known for his ad
campaigns for Revlon, L’Oréal, Hugo Boss, Banana Republic and
Armani Jeans, as well as for his work in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Bazaar,
W, Elle and Esquire. His music videos for Beyoncé complement
his spot projects, which have paired him with celebrity
subjects such as David Beckham, Halle Berry, Sienna Miller and
Scarlett Johansson. Watts’ work is noted for its unique perspective,
as evident in his intimate portraits that reveal the sensuality,
humour and humanity that lies behind the public image of
his subjects. Wood Water & Rock will be his first tabletop book.
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