Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Edward Weston


1. Edward weston was born in Highland Park Illinois. he was given his first camera on his sixteenth birthday. In 1903 he attended the Illinois college of Photography. He later on moved to California to pursue a career in Photography. In 1910 he opened his first photographic studio. 1937 he was awarded a fellowship, the first given to a photographer. Edward was said to be one of the greatest photographic artists of the 20th century. 

2. Weston mainly worked with nudes and nature, some of his most famous photography were:
- "pepper #30" 
- "Dunes Oceano"
-"Nude", 1936

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