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More copies of this ISBN:Big Upby Ben Watts
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 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. Review:"This energy makes Big Up big fun, and the ideal time capsule for a style moment that just won't quit." The Village Voice Review:"With hand-scrawled graffiti and ornate montages, the book mirrors the frenetic verve of...Watts's adopted streets of New York." American Photo (The Year's Best Photo Books) Review:"Watts's penchant for pushing the style envelope to create edgy, vibrant pictures straight from the street is amply demonstrated here....A great addition to any large photography collection." Library Journal Synopsis:Hip-hop playaz. Street punks. Supermodels. Plenty of tattoos and lots of bling bling. Big Up is a photographic scrapbook of America s raucous youth culture, created by one of the brightest young photographers in the fashion industry. Our limited hardcover edition of this extraordinary document was so eagerly sought that all 1,500 copies were accounted for before we even released the book. Now we're reissuing it — how could we not? — in a handy and inexpensive paperback format that's sure to once again capture the imagination. But don't just take our word for it. Here are what the critics have to say about Big Up: 'Big Up, a hectic insider's view of the past dozen years of urban youth culture by London-born, Australian-raised Ben Watts, is too wild and too idiosyncratic to go unmentioned. The spontaneity and verve Watts packs into his pictures are perfectly mirrored in the book's...scrapbook-style design. Cut up, collaged, crayoned, and tagged with markers, the photos feel less like fixed, flattened documents than little time bombs about to explode. This sense of terrific, barely contained energy makes Big Up big fun, and the ideal time capsule for a style moment that just won't quit.'--Village Voice '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.'--Tokion Synopsis:Hip-hop playaz. Street punks. Supermodels. Plenty of tattoos and lots of bling bling. "Big Up" is a photographic scrapbook of America's raucous youth culture, created by one of the brightest young photographers in the fashion industry. Our limited har About the AuthorBen Watts has won several photographic awards and is a regular contributor to a variety of lifestyle magazines including Interview, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times Magazine. He lives in New York City. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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