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.This book offers more bang for your buck! '...a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand' - "The New York Times Book Review".
- ISBN10 3836508044
- ISBN13 9783836508049
- Publish Date 25 September 2008 (first published 23 March 1999)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 1 December 2011
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Taschen GmbH
- Edition Taschen's 25th anniversary ed
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English