The New Portrait: A Study in Three Parts

The Charismatic Portrait
"Whoever I'm shooting, whether it's Bill Gates or Bill Clinton or a Las Vegas dominatrix or a prison convict or a young mother in Morocco, I give them the same attention, the same focus," Watson says. "I'm not really out there trying to capture fame or celebrity. I'm trying to capture a person's charisma. I'm looking for something special about their facial geometry. Sometimes you find someone with absolutely zero charisma, and that can be startling and interesting too, because it's actually very uncommon to find someone with zero charisma. Interestingly, when I do find someone like that, they're often from the Midwest. You find people by keeping your eyes open, really."