1/2 Albert Watson - What Do Artists Do All Day ? 

Half the comments here are people commenting on the price of his camera. Yeah, his camera did cost a little bit more than your rebel, but he's devoted his life to this and spent decades working on his craft. He even stated at the beginning of the video he started on a Kodak Brownie which was the 20th century equivalent of grandma's $100 point-and-shoot. Quit getting hung up on gear and try to learn something from these people.

Beautiful images, that made me feel sad and lonely. You just never know what types of feelings can be touched..

Watching videos is a treat.

I traveled with people who had 8x10 cameras and their photos weren't so hot. The pair of eyes behind the lenses is where the magic is, not the equipment. :)

Aww, this is amazing! Thank's so much for the upload!

I own a Phase One camera with blue ring lenses. So what? Yea they'e expensive, but so are most cars. Beating up on Watson because of the price of his camera [excluding lenses], by the way, is ridiculous and petty. As for assistants, he always did have lots of them around him. I never understood why, but that was - and still is - his thing. The man grew up in the days of film and made his money as a fashion and portrait photographer. As such, he had the payroll assistance of the great fashion houses and publications who paid the expenses of the best make-up artists, stylists, location scouts ... and so on. He was well taken care of in exchange for turning in great work for which he was well compensated. Young photographer who dismiss him need to look at his life in proper context. The go-to fashion photographers I knew in NYC back in the day were a pampered bunch. They had access to the very best of everything, and needless to say, this certainly contributed to their final product. Most young photographers can't hire massive crews like Watson. But remember: He didn't pay for them, either. If he did, he's be broke. It's just business. As for his talent, we could go all day about art, but I have always admired his work.

very inspiring !!

amazing

Watson has earned the freedom to do the sort of thing we see here. The world is crawling with aspiring fashion shooters, many of whom might get a break. But he was sharp enough to capitalize on his. And then there's the competitors, often the photographer's own assistants, to be warded off to maintain a spot. Fashion publications and ad agencies always have their eye out for a new camera genius, or the one who uses Photoshop most cleverly, and getting old and grey is no advantage.

Hi Albert Sir, You are genius. today first time I am watching ur videos. Get motivated my self - stay Blessed !

2:28 that window on the lake... ❤

About Guidance ! awesome

A snap of the house and the road beside it would be an amazing still shot .

My respect sir,i wish when i am on your age have the strength of walk talk think and see!!!

With all the gifted people involved in this, they still managed to get a finger in the shot... 13:32

This guy is a professional, he needs a crew. You think Roger Deakins sets up his own grip gear?

Did not know he was Scottish explains why he is soooooo good..

He shot Tupac

excellent sense of humor :-)

What working artists do all day is work; and some of that is as clerks at grocery stores; as dog walkers, as wedding photographers, as habilitation providers for developmentally disabled young adults (my last favorite). Next month, I show at 85 Market in Newark. Last month, I showed at Luhring Augustine in NYC. A month later, I will have arranged a 30 day pop up not for profit at a vacant store front on Lower Broadway in Newark. What do you want from me?

9:49 The Album Leaf - Window

"i wouldn't want to cycle up this road" xD, this is something we are all well aware of.

He is the world's best photographer. Not sure why the bad comments. When Steven Spielberg wants a photographer he calls Albert Watson. He shot the ad for Memoirs of A Geisha. Do you think Spielberg doesn't know who is the best?

Cool

Can anyone please tell what's the music played at 12:26? (too bad any of the soundtrack is listed in the final credits!) ** Thank you for the upload, 'Art Documentaries' !!

Why the terrible, distracting music? Can't we just watch and listen without being 'entertained.'

Takeaways from this documentary - you don’t always have to get up pre dawn to get a great shot. Elements create atmosphere at any time of the day 🤔

Anyone have the track ID for about 3-min in electronic and trumpet piece?

Humille tío humille !!!

where is part II of this?

Here's what it all means in a nutshell.... A famous art director of the then famous magazine, Harpers Bazaar in the 60's once said.... "bring me something that I've never seen before" His name? Alexey Brodovitch... a guru to people such as Avedon, Hiro, Art Kane, Bert Stern, Jimmy Moore, Saul Lieter and many others. I don't believe that Albert ever knew him but they would have hit it off.... I don't know if Albert would have met Alexey's requirements .... after all.... "bring me something I've never seen before" is a big question mark. Who knows what he has seen before? But you get the general idea and I think Albert might have fitted in.

Song name at the begin?

A $55k Phase One camera, plus a crew to follow you around and do everything except press the shutter button. Wow, not a bad life. There's me trudging up a mountain with nothing but my little Canon and a sandwich at 4am, I feel such a fool.

Just sitting here with my 35mm I picked up at goodwill for $8 looking at a dude who pays people to setup his tripod

I am trying to figure out that song at 8:16 is. Any tips much appreciated! Thanks!

Music at 8:45? I know this one.

1:46 'next project is in the caribbean' XD ahahahahaah

What is the name of the song in the beginning?

It's a pity the second part of this is blocked in the UK - ironic when the photographer is Scottish.

what camera is he using?

cow rush hour only on skye? i don't think so. i just came back from Switzerland. we were stuck on a road with cows in front of us... a road that was barely as wide as the car we were in... high up in the Alps with no rails what-so-ever! that was somethin ! lol

he stitches the pictures from a phase one to get more megapixels i think that is a bit to mutch

yes, scotland is beautiful, has is wales, warwickshire, ect ect ect. EXCEPT IF ITS PISSING DOWN WITH RAIN.

His attitude would be appropriate for a Wes Andreson character

And it is the people that name an artist . And not this one .

The real Obi-Wan

Misleading title... This is not "what artists do all day" this is just the day in the life of one person. Plus you can't summarize what all artists do all day... Depends on the person and the type of artist. And they don't spend all day every day on their art.

I also need a 3-man team which sets up my tripod and camera and follows me the whole day carrying all my stuff.

Read research learn, look and observe, listen and so forth but overuse tube.

I'm suprised he didnt get a crew too drive ahead and clear that cattle before he arrived

haha "let me just pull over here and get a quick snapshot" 10 min later hes shooting tethered with 2 assistants and a digital tech

after the crew set up his whole shot he commented ,"I used to be faster a couple yrs ago" did he have a different crew a couple years ago ?

WISH I could afford that camera.

It's a BBC documentary, so we have to endure unnecessary, often loud and intrusive music OVER people speaking. Par for the course.

took me the whole video to understand sky for him means Scotland, and not sky

Breathtaking portrait. Mediocre landscape.

he is like rock star who takes all the credit for songs when clearly he had other musicians who did their writing

He has the strangest Scottish American accent.

What do artists do all day? they pine for 3 assistants to carry the heavy shit.

lol wtf is the crew all about! I dont know what im watching lo0l

With rare exception, and this ain't one of them, a commercial photographer IS NOT an artist. He is just a record maker.

Why does he have 3 people with him doing everything but clicking the shutter???

"You've got to dominate the landscape." I don't think even a fool would say that. Perhaps he fantasizes he is in a Mercedes with a 5Ok kit and and assistants. Think of Turner's seascape paintings or Ansel Adams' & Muybridge's landscapes photos .. Chinese scroll paintings. Those are artists. This gent is a recorder, at best a digital documenter.

Why he is open the door by himself ??? WTF is going wrong with this Crew ?

He is not an artist. he is a documentor.

Wtf! Why does he always have a crew with him? Shooting landscapes teethered is insane! This is really absurd. People rating his landscapes as amazing just because he is a legend at portraits is also rediculous. Its like people buying art from celebrities like mick jagger. I wish I had some one to clean my lens!

i had to skip all of these, borinnggg..

A nonsense title, we artists are up way, way before 8.45am, having probably (tried) to get some sleep in a freezing cold car until just before dawn. We then hump 17 Kilos of gear (that is worth more than the car) up the mountain on our own and often we come back with little or nothing. Give me fay Godwin any day, with her one body & a standard lens - alone in the landscape.

Can you imagine a crew of that size to photograph a landscape? ...hehehe...when I think of a real artist with a camera like William Eggleston, it's just him and his equipment. A bit pretentious if you ask me, then again he's not a "great" photographer in spite of how this program may depict Watson.

a very, very average photographer.