Revisiting Another Man's interview with Albert Watson about the time he got a VIP pass into Elvis’s Graceland mansion
Famous for his iconic fashion magazine covers and celebrity portraits,’s still life projects are less well documented. In 1991, he travelled to Memphis, Tennessee. With access to all areas of’s Graceland mansion, he was given four days to photograph the king’s personal possessions.
“For days I just walked round the house, looking in cupboards and drawers, picking out objects I wanted to photograph. Early driver’s licences, guns, guitars, karate uniforms from the 70s when Elvis went through that ‘superfly’ stage, everything was there. Now it’s more like a museum, but back then it had been left just as it was when Elvis died. We set up a mini-studio in Elvis’s kitchen, where I imagine he spent a bit of time making those deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
A favourite of Jack Nicholson and Mick Jagger, Watson first picked up a camera in the early 70s when he moved from Scotland to Los Angeles. The maverick photographer has travelled the world collecting artefacts. He’s shot the contents of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt; Laurence of Arabia’s personal effects; Ned Kelly’s clothes in Australia; spent time at NASA photographing space memorabilia from the Gemini and Apollo programmes; and, recently, the original Darth Vader armour.
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