He was the first one to photograph the Pet Shop Boys. Eric
Watson was the visual architect who helped create the classic PSB aesthetics.
He took the pictures for the covers of “West End
girls",
"Opportunities", "Love comes quickly",
"Suburbia", "It's a sin", "What have I done to deserve
this?", "Rent", "Heart", "It's alright",
"So hard", "Jealousy", "DJ culture", "I
don't know what you want but I can't give it anymore" and albums "Please",
Behaviour" and “Nightlife”. He also directed many classic PSB videos,
including "West End girls", "Suburbia", "Domino dancing" and "Jealousy" as well as the 1991 concert film,
"Performance" considered by many to be the Pet Shop Boys’ best
concert. He also took pics of other pop stars of the 80s.
On helping create the PSB aesthetics, he said: "We realised there was something about somebody singing and
somebody else doing nothing – just looking, then looking away – that adds a
hideous tension. It's creepy but also, I suppose, charming. It was only later
we realised we'd created a product."
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