Few photographers have created such a legacy as Edward Weston (1886-1958). After a decade of successfully making photographs with painterly soft-focus techniques, Weston became the key pioneer of the school of precise and sharp presentation, dubbed "Straight Photography." Through the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, Weston was a major force in pushing forward the art of photography. His photographs are monuments of sensual realism, perfectly composed images of stillness that sear with passion and intensity. Whatever the subject, be it a vegetable, landscape, shell, or naked body, Weston's lens captures the essence of its life force, the fundamentals of its form.
- ISBN10 3822834866
- ISBN13 9783822834862
- Publish Date 29 October 2004 (first published September 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 December 2011
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Taschen GmbH
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English