Edward Weston

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Edward Weston

• Edward Weston (March 24, 1886 - January 1, 1958)
  was an American photographer, and co-founder of
  Group f/64. Most of his work was done using an 8
  by 10 inch view camera.
• Edward Weston was born in Highland Park, Illinois
  on March 24, 1886. In 1902, he received his first
  camera for his sixteenth birthday, a Kodak
  Bull's-Eye 2, and began taking photographs in
  parks in Chicago and at his aunt's farm. The
  young Weston met with quick success, and his
  photographs were already being exhibited at the
  Chicago Art Institute merely a year later, in
  1903.

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• The Bull's-Eye camera, first manufactured by the
  Boston Camera Mfg. Company in 1892, holds a very
  important place in photographic history. It was
  the very first camera to use numbered
  paper-backed film rolls, invented by S. N.
  Turner. In August 1895, Eastman bought the
  company and continued to manufacture the cameras
  under the Kodak name.

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Edward Weston
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8 x 10 inchView Camera
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Eds friendAnsel Adams
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Edwards life and family

• In 1906, Weston moved to California, where he
  ultimately decided to stay and pursue a career as
  a photographer. He married his first wife, Flora
  May Chandler, in 1909, and she bore him four
  sons Chandler (1910), Brett (1911), Neil (1914)
  and Cole (1919). In 1911, 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.
• 1922 marked a period of transition for Weston.
  Renouncing pictorialism in favor of straight
  photography, he began regular visits to Mexico
  with his professional and romantic partner, Tina
  Modotti, whose relationship with Weston was the
  cause of much gossip in the media. They were
  often accompanied by one of Weston's sons, who
  received a sound instruction in photography.
  Brett and Cole later embarked on their own,
  successful careers in this field.

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Excusado 1925
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Nude 1925
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What does this look like?
Dunes, Oceano 1936
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Shells 1927
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Pepper No. 30 1930
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Woodlawn Plantation 1941
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Tina Modotti
(August 16 (or 17) 1896 January 5, 1942) was an
Italian photographer, model, actress, and
revolutionary political activist.