Our photographers
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.
Peter Angelo Simon
In 1974 Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight championship title for the first time in 7 years in his legendary The Rumble in the Jungle fight against George Foreman. The fight was hailed as the “sporting event of the century” and was the world’s most-watched live television broadcast in history at the time.
In August 1974, photographer Peter Angelo Simon spent 48 hours capturing Ali as he trained to make sport history. The images reveal an insider’s portrait of Muhammad Ali in training for his seminal The Rumble in the Jungle comeback fight against George Foreman. For Print Matters, Simon shares hand-signed limited edition prints from his historic 2-day photo essay.
“Simon captures, on the faces of those who met Ali, the dumbstruck awe and joy that he was able to bring forth.” The New Yorker
“What Peter did with his camera at Deer Lake in August of 1974 lets us experience Muhammad Ali’s private world in a way not seen before.” filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker
Simon has contributed images to publications such as the New York Times and institutions that include the Smithsonian.
Billy Name
Photographer Billy Name had unparalleled access to Andy Warhol, The Factory, and the entourage. Print Matters are proud to present photographs from 1964-68 in limited edition, exhibition-grade silkscreen and silver gelatin prints.
Billy Name's photographs from 1964-1968 are considered one of the most significant visual records of any artist's career. These images capture Warhol’s most crucial period, offering a glimpse into the daily life and creative processes at The Silver Factory.
In 1964 Warhol, impressed by Billy Name’s apartment on the Lower East Side, enlisted him to decorate his new loft which would become the iconic Factory studio. For six months in 1964, Billy lived in a tiny closet at the Factory, undertaking the legendary ‘silverizing’ project that gave the studio its infamous “the Silver Factory” title. Billy covered every inch in silver foil or silver spray paint. Upon completion, Warhol gave Billy a Pentax Honeywell 35mm camera, appointing him as the resident photographer and archivist.
Billy’s photographs document the Factory's daily life from 1964 onwards, including artwork creation, the filming of Screen Tests, and features like Chelsea Girls, Vinyl, and My Hustler. His images also capture Factory regulars, including Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, and Bob Dylan.
Billy Name left the Factory in 1970, abandoning most of his possessions, including the film negatives. After Warhol’s passing in 1987, the Warhol Foundation reached out to Billy offering to return his original negatives. Once returned, Billy began producing silkscreen prints from them in an homage to Warhol.
Print Matters now presents an exclusive collection of limited edition, exhibition-grade prints of Billy’s seminal portraits of Warhol’s world.
