Albert Watson - Alfred Hitchcock holding a dead goose. Harper’s Bazaar, Christmas Issue. 1973

Portrait of the master of suspense.
Posing for Albert Watson, a goose in hand…

Watson had been commissioned to photograph the director
holding a platter of roast goose to accompany the title
of the Christmas feature, "Alfred Hitchcock cooks his own goose".
Instead, Watson thought it would be funnier if
Hitchcock held an uncooked goose not on a platter but
by the neck, as if strangling it." Delighted by the idea, the director
complied at once…

Black-and-white prepress digital print on satin R.C. paper.
Medium-resolution archival digital print. Later print.
Size: 24.5 x 20.2 cm, with margins.
Labels and annotations on the reverse.
In very good overall condition.
Presented on white archival mat board, ready to frame.

Albert Watson is a Scottish fashion and portrait photographer,
born in Edinburgh in 1942.
Since the 1970s, he has made his mark on photography through advertising
(Gap, Levi Strauss & Co., Chanel), film posters, and covers for Vogue,
Rolling Stone, and Time. In his distinctive style, he portrays icons
of fashion, rock, and cinema. He also takes photographs of landscapes
on his travels, which have been exhibited around the world.