Edward Weston: 1886-1958 | Taschen

Edward Weston: 1886-1958 

Terence Pitts and Ansel Adams

Few photographers have created such a legacy as Edward Weston (18861958). After a decade of successfully making photographs with painterly soft-focus techniques, he became the driving figure behind a group of West Coast artists dubbed Group f/64, which pioneered the sharp, precise school of Straight Photography. With that stylistic leap, Westons career moved into high gear, creating photographs of extraordinary sensual realism, perfectly poised between compositional stillness and searing intensity.

With nudes, nature studies, and myriad perspectives on the dramatic Californian landscape, Westons works aimed to locate the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself. In this concise monograph, we gather some of the finest Weston works to explore how he pursued and achieved this aim whether with a landscape, shell, or naked body.

Published by TASCHEN, 2004

Binding: Firm soft cover

Book Condition: Good with a scratch at the top right of the front cover. Otherwise no marks or inscriptions. See photos.

Edition: 2004

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