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Albert Watson, photographer

Kate Moss, by Albert Watson “The French have the word brut, meaning uncut, rough or raw; there is something of this in the landscape of Scotland and in its people. But I don’t find it ugly; I find it romantic. There’s a northern simplicity, an earthiness. Scotland is about survival. You look at somewhere like the Polynesian islands: you want something to eat, you go fish in the blue waters; you want some fresh fruit, you pick from a tree. I’m not saying it is always easy for them, but you look at a fishing community in the Hebrides, now that was a brutal existence.”

 

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