Portraits by Albert Watson

My favourite portraits by the Scottish photographer Albert Watson, from a long and fruitful career.

Alfred Hitchcock by Albert Watson, 1973

Steve Jobs by Albert Watson, Cupertino, 2006

Aretha Franklin for Interview Magazine, Detroit, 1986

Mike Tyson by Albert Watson, Catskills, New York, 1986

Andy Warhol by Albert Watson, New York, 1985

Rodney Charles by Albert Watson, New York, 1988

Susie Bick by Albert Watson, Paris, 1985

Denzel Washington by Albert Watson, Los Angeles, 2006

Quentin Tarantino by Albert Watson, New York, 2004

Prince by Albert Watson, Cleveland, 2004

Keanu Reeves by Albert Watson for Details Magazine, New York, 1991

David Bowie by Albert Watson, New York, 1996

Live Tyler by Albert Watson, New York, 1994

Glenda Jackson as King Lear, 2018

Christie Turlington by Albert Watson, New York, 1990

Keith Richards by Albert Watson, New York, 1989

Portraits by Steve Pyke

This shot of Sam Fuller, from Edinburgh in 1983, was the first portrait Pyke took with a close-up lens on his Rolleiflex camera. This became his trademark portrait style. 

Derek Jarman by Steve Pyke, 1983

David Bailey by Steve Pyke, 1984.

Pyke pulls the camera back in this portrait of a fellow photographer. The dog is a nice touch.

Antony Sher by Steve Pyke, 1987.

A great portrait of one of Britain's finest actors.

Helen Mirren by Steve Pyke, 1990. Stunning!

Peter Greenaway by Steve Pyke, 1983

David Hockney by Steve Pyke, 1992

"Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem."

- Paul Celan 

“Hands have a history of their own, they have, indeed, their own civilization, their special beauty."

- Rilke

Iris Murdoch by Steve Pyke, Oxford, 1991

Prunella Scales by Steve Pyke, 1994

I love this Steve Pyke shot of Stephen Mallinder & Richard H. Kirk, of the British pop group Cabaret Voltaire, Sheffield, 1985.

Kathy Acker by Steve Pyke, Greenwich Village, 1984

Iggy Pop by Steve Pyke, London, 1986

Peter Cook by Steve Pyke, early 1990s

Ken Russell by Steve Pyke, 1985

Steve Pyke's great portrait of the legendary photographer Robert Doisneau, 1990.