Watts, Ben — Big Up

Princeton, Princeton Architectural Press, 2003. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with gilt lettering. Unpaginated. Many BW and color illustrations. "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." -FirstSearch. VG .