'Studio' by Harry Watts

Back in October 2010 I met Harry Watts very briefly at the Brighton Photo Biennial where he gave me a copy of his book, Studio, published by Black Box Press. With an introduction by Aaron Schuman it comprises 17 colour medium format images that turn the tables on the photographers' studio by making it the subject of photographs instead of just a place where photographs are made of other things. Stark and dramatic lighting imbues the tools and detritus of the studio with qualities of the rare or unknown and illuminates them, as if for the first time, like objects found on the floor of a deep ocean. Edition of 500. 

Copies, priced £10, are available from here.