Edward Weston (1886 - 1958) :

Information:

Edward Weston was born on March 24, 1886, in Highland Park. Weston's father gave him his camera at age 16, he began photography in the early 1920's and they formed into paintings. In 1923, he traveled to Mexico, where he opened a photographic studio. In 1926, Weston returned to the United States, settling in California, where he continued his love for art creating nudes, close-ups, natural forms and landscapes, among several other works. Weston died in California, on January 1, 1958.

Artwork:

This art piece entitled 'Two Shells' is a photograph taken by Weston in 1927 and printed with gelatin silver print by Cole Weston.

 Like its brother this photograph entitled 'Shell' was taken in 1927 and Cole Weston created a perfect print of it using the same silver print as before.

 In 1930 this photograph was taken and entitled 'Winter Squash'. It was then printed in 1980 by Cole Weston.

 This piece of photography entitled 'Succulent' was taken in 1932 by Edward Weston and printed in 1946 by Cole Weston.

This final piece of Natural Form photography was created in 1930 by E. Weston and printed in the 1980's by C.Weston using the same silver paint previously used on all of the other prints created.

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