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Edward Henry Weston was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." Over the course of his 40-year career Weston photographed an increasingly expansive set of subjects, including landscapes, still lives, nudes, portraits, genre scenes and even whimsical parodies. It is said that he developed a "quintessentially American, and specially Californian, approach to modern photography" because of his focus on the people and places of the American West. In 1937 Weston was the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, and over the next two years he produced nearly 1,400 negatives using his 8 × 10 view camera. Some of his most famous photographs were taken of the trees and rocks at Point Lobos, California, near where he lived for many years.
Birth Name
Edward Burbank Weston Jr.
Born
Wednesday, 24 March 1886
Died
Wednesday, 01 January 1958
Acting Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Naked Eye | 1956 |
Acting Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Naked Eye | 1956 |