Lawrence Watson

Photographer Lawrence Watson has had unparalleled access to culture-defining figures including Oasis, Paul Weller, Blur, Michael Jordan, Snoop Dogg and David Bowie.

Watson is the photographer behind five decades of globally renowned images, from his early days as a favourite photographer at NME to his groundbreaking work in the 80s New York hip-hop scene. For Print Matters he offers exclusive, hand-signed, limited edition, exhibition-grade prints from across his career, with a 20% of the net income from every print sold by Print Matters donated to support of Rethink Mental Illness (charity number 271028).

From Michael Jordan, Paul McCartney and Andy Warhol to ‘hip-hop’s first female MC icon’ Roxanne Shante – Lawrence Watson captured them all with his camera.

Mostly shot on film, Watson’s archive includes career-defining images of Oasis, which are being sold for Print Matters and Rethink Mental Illness in 2025 as Oasis make one of music’s most anticipated comebacks.

Oasis, David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, Blur, Paul McCartney, James Brown, Grace Jones, The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown, Janet Jackson, New Order, Pulp, Funkadelic, Kano, The Clash, The Ramones, Ray Charles, INXS’ Michael Hutchence, The Specials’ Terry Hall, Neneh Cherry, Gregory Isaacs, Tom Waits, Jimmy Cliff, Isaac Hayes, Shaun Ryder, Run-DMC, Al Green, Primal Scream, LL Cool J, The Pogues’ Shane McGowan, Roxanne Shante, Lenny Kravitz, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, and Sting are just some of the unmistakeable music royalty who’ve been captured by or worked with Watson.

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