Michelle Watt
Photographer
Fashion . Motion . Celebrity . Entertainment . Portrait
Michelle Watt is a Hong Kongese-American photographer based between New York and San Francisco. She specializes in staging conceptual narratives with ...
Michelle Watt is a Hong Kongese-American photographer based between New York and San Francisco. She specializes in staging conceptual narratives with ...
MICHELLE WATT
VOGUE ARABIA
Based between New York and San Francisco, Michelle Watt is a Hong Kongese-American photographer known for her surreal narrative style.
VOGUE ARABIA
CASHÉ
VOGUE PORTUGAL
BLANC Magazine
VOGUE SCANDINAVIA
Michelle learned photography through an academic realm. After graduation she worked as a photo assistant for eight years before embarking on her own shooting career in 2018.
VOGUE PORTUGAL
VOGUE PORTUGAL
BLANC Magazine
BLANC Magazine
CAPTURE ONE
Michelle specializes in staging conceptual narratives with a whimsical flair, often addressing themes of freedom and restriction within cultural identity.
REFINERY 29
VOGUE SCANDINAVIA
LADY LIFE
FAST COMPANY
VOGUE SCANDINAVIA
CAPTURE ONE
Her portrait and fashion work engender stories about the female minority experience, with the aim of giving life to unique standards of beauty and culture, including ones informed by her Chinese American background.
VOGUE PORTUGAL
ARC'TERYX
DIOR X SACAI, FILM STILLS
BLANC Magazine
CASHÉ
Michelle loves the process of building lots of visual layers and finds joy in assembling tiny discrete pieces to create vast meaningful worlds, embedding hidden ‘Easter eggs’ as varying social commentary throughout her work.
RONALDO for ADIDAS X MANCHESTER UNITED
CASHÉ
ALLURE
TUSH Magazine
JOY SAUCE
She creates highly composed scenes where every detail has its importance, borrowing her codes from classic theater and painting… Michelle Watt’s photographs are genuine tableaux.
JOY SAUCE
RÉMY MARTIN
THE WAIT
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
SCHÖN!
She has obtained many awards and honors and is regularly featured in publications such as Time, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Times Magazine, Vogue Italia, Vogue Portugal, Vogue Scandinavia, Vogue Arabia, Allure, Blanc Magazine, Schön!,Tush and Paper.
SCHÖN!
CHOOSE YOUR PLAYER
THE WAIT
VOGUE ITALIA
She collaborates with clients and brands including Netflix, Adidas, Cadillac, Instacart, The North Face, Sony, LG, Rémy Martin and Arc’teryx.
THE CROWN X NETFLIX
THE CROWN X NETFLIX
J. SMITH CAMERON for THE TIMES Magazine, cover
SAM ALTMAN for TIME, cover
MICHELLE YEOH for TIME, cover
In 2023, she notably photographed Sam Altman and Michelle Yeoh for the cover of Time and Oscar winners at the 95th Academy Awards Ceremony.
2023 OSCAR WINNERS
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