Photos: Edward Weston - Nudes - Part 1 - In English y Español
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Edward Henry Weston (Clic here Wiki) (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was an Americanphotographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. Most of his work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera.
Life and work
Weston was born in Highland Park, Illinois on March 24, 1886. [1] He was given his first camera, a Kodak Bull's-Eye #2, for his 16th birthday, when he began taking photographs. His favorite hangouts were ChicagoChicago Art Institute exhibited his photographs a year later, in 1903. He attended the Illinois College of Photography. parks and a farm owned by his aunt. Weston met with quick success and the
In 1906, Weston moved to California, where he decided to stay and pursue a career in photography. He had four sons with his wife, Flora May Chandler (whom he married in 1909): Edward Chandler (Chan) (1910), Theodore Brett (1911), Laurence Neil (Neil)(1914) and Cole (1919). In 1910, Weston opened his first photographic studio in Tropico, California (now Glendale) and wrote articles about his unconventional methods of portraiture for several high-circulation magazines.
In 1922, Weston experienced a transition from pictorialism to straight photography, becoming "the pioneer of precise and sharp presentation". His pictures included the human figure as well as items of nature, including seaside wildlife, plants, and landscapes. Tina Modotti, his professional (and romantic) partner, often accompanied him to Mexico, creating much gossip in the media. Weston's sons were also frequent companions, receiving lessons in photography from their experienced father. Brett and Cole later embarked on their own careers in the field, along with Weston's grandson Kim and great-children, Christine and Jason.
After 1927, Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life — his shells and vegetable studies were especially important — and landscape subjects. Henrietta Shore was a companion in the 1930s; her paintings influenced him to photograph her shells.[2] After a few exhibitions of his works in New York, he co-founded Group f/64Ansel Adams, Willard Van Dyke and others. The term f/64 referred to a very small aperturelarge format camera, which secured great depth of field, making a photograph appear evenly sharp from foreground to background. Weston also achieved great sharpness by not enlarging. He made contact prints from his 4x5" or 8x10" negatives. The detailed, straight photography that the group espoused was in opposition to the pictorialist soft-edged methods that were still in fashion at the time. in 1932 with setting on a
In 1937 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation awarded Weston a fellowship, the first given to a photographer. In 1939, he married his assistant, Charis Wilson, with whom he had lived since 1934. They divorced in 1945.[3] During this time he received exclusive commissions and published several books, some with Wilson, including an edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass illustrated with his photographs. He also produced some of his few color photographs with Willard Van Dyke in 1947. Weston also collaborated on several volumes of his photographs with photography critic Nancy Newhall, beginning in 1946.
The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson houses a full archive of Edward Weston's work.
Illness and death
Stricken with Parkinson's Disease, Weston made his last photographs at Point Lobos State Reserve in 1948. 1952 saw the publication of a 50th-anniversary portfolio of his work, printed by his son Brett. Brett and Cole Weston, as well as Brett's wife Dody Warren, were appointed to print 800 of what he considered his most important negatives under his supervision in the years 1955 to 1956.
Edward Weston died in his house on Wildcat Hill in Carmel Highlands in Big Sur, California on January 1, 1958, age 71.[4]
Legacy
His comprehensive legacy includes the detailed and articulate Daybooks he kept regularly from the mid-1920s to 1934, which allow a very intimate glimpse into his personal life, his views on photography, and his working methods. Weston is generally recognized as one of the greatest photographic artists of the 20th century.
Images
Most Popular: "Pepper #30"; "Dunes, Oceano", "Nude, 1936"
The New York Times newspaper reported on April 14, 2008 that Sotheby’s sold an Edward Weston photograph to a New York art dealer for $1.6 Million.
Price History:
1970s: $500 - $1,500
1980s: $3,000 - $50,000
1990s: $10,000 - $300,000
Current: $5,000 - $1.6M
1970s: $500 - $1,500
1980s: $3,000 - $50,000
1990s: $10,000 - $300,000
Current: $5,000 - $1.6M
Most of his photographs are rare and unnumbered and few vintage photographs are available.
Even though he was a celebrated photographer he survived selling his photos for a humble price of $7-10.
Quotations
"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be."
"The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh."
"I cannot believe I learned anything of value in school unless it be the will to rebel."
"I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect."
"The camera sees more than the eye."
Selected publications
- Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel
- Edward and Brett Weston: Dune
- The Daybooks of Edward Weston
- Edward Weston: Nudes
- Portraits by Edward Weston
- Tina Modotti & Edward Weston: The Mexico Years
- Edward Weston: His Life
- Edward, Cole, Kim Weston: Three Generations of American Photography
- Edward Weston: 1886-1958
- Edward Weston (Masters of Photography Series)
- Laughing Eyes (a collection of letters between Edward and Cole Weston)
- Through Another Lens: My Years with Edward Weston by Charis Wilson and Wendy Madar (1998) ISBN 0-86547-521-0
Biografía
Nacido el 24 de marzo de 1886 en Highland Park, Illinois. Fue uno de los fotógrafos más importantes del siglo XX y cofundador del Grupo f/64.
Ya desde temprana edad, destacó por su trabajo artístico en fotografía en blanco y negro. La mayoría de su obra la realizó en una cámara de fuelle de 8x10 pulgadas.
Edward Weston Estridentista
El 12 de abril de 1924 expuso una serie de fotografías con tema industrial en el Café de Nadie, durante la Velada Estridentista, donde se dieron cita los artistas experimentales de diversas nacionalidades que en ese momento trabajaban o estaban de visita en la ciudad de México. Colaboró en el Estridentismo por medio de publicaciones en las revistas estridentistas Irradiador y Horizonte.
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