Ben Watts

Photographer

Birthday January 19, 1967

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace London, England

Age 57 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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1967

Benjamin Oliver Anthony Watts (born 19 January 1967) is a British photographer based in New York City, whose work has been published in various international fashion magazines, such as Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Condé Nast Traveller.

Watts was brought up in Australia.

1976

He is the older brother of actress Naomi Watts and son of Peter Watts, who was initially a road manager for Pink Floyd and later their sound engineer, and was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose in August 1976, aged 30.

Watts studied at the Sydney College of the Arts in Australia, where he started his photographic career as a photographer's assistant.

1990

He first came to New York in 1990, where he started documenting urban youth and was especially fascinated by hip hop culture.

1993

He moved to New York circa 1993.

His work was shown in Vibe and Rolling Stone and in advertisements for Nike, Reebok and Gap.

Besides his work for fashion magazines, Watts has shot advertising campaigns for companies such as Polo Ralph Lauren, Kodak, Sony Music and Apple.