Frank Watson

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Frank Watson was a Senior Lecturer in Photography at Westminster University teaching on both BA and MA Courses in theory and practice. He is currently presenting a radio show on Resonance Radio (104.4FM) entitled The Sound of Photography.
His photographic practice considers the spatial relationship between landscape and architecture. In 2004 he published a book of photographs on abandoned Cold War Sites in England entitled The Hush House with an essay by Cathy Slessor.
He has researched the relationship between sound and photography and these ideas appear as a chapter in a book entitled A Fearsome Heritage: Diverse Legacies of the Cold War, published in 2007 and in 2009 he released a DVD with the sound artist Dave Lawrence entitled Isles of Grain available from Artdata.
He has also made work in conjunction with the architects Chance de Silva. He has exhibited work widely including the Design Museum and the Museum of London. He has curated exhibitions including Living in This Mess (2002) at the Morley Gallery, London. In 2006 he participated in the Faster Than Sound event as part of The Aldeburgh Music Festival. In 2008 he curated and exhibited in an exhibition entitled Soundings from the Estuary as part of the London Festival of Architecture.