Edward Weston

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size: 12x9in Photographic Print: Century Plant, 1968 by Brett Weston : Brett Weston was born in Los Angeles, California in 1911 to Edward and Flora Weston. He began taking photographs when he accompanied his father to Mexico at the age of thirteen. At age seventeen, his photographs were included in the famous "Film und Foto" exhibition held in Germany. Brett continued to take high contrast, abstract photographs over the next sixty years. His work is in over fifty museum collections around…

Christie’s is honored to offer for sale over the course of seven online-only auctions a selection of over 400 photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, being sold to benefit the acquisition fund for the Museum’s Department of Photography. In 1940, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) became the first museum in the country to establish a department devoted to photography, effectively cementing the importance of this art form in the eyes of the world. The artists represented in this…

"EDWARD WESTON (B.1886-1958) Cabbage Leaf, 1931 Photo-Litho 7.5\" x 9.5\" Printed second half of 20th Century"

A primer on the California-based photographer who made the ordinary look extraordinary, whether a pepper, a seashell or a sand dune

Edward Henry Weston was born March 24, 1886, in Highland Park, Illinois. He spent the majority of his childhood in Chicago where he attended Oakland Grammar School. He began photographing at the age of sixteen after receiving a Bull’s Eye #2 camera from his father. Weston’s first photographs captured the parks of Chicago and his aunt’s farm. In 1906, following the publication of his first photograph in Camera and Darkroom, Weston moved to California. After working briefly as a surveyor for…

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The collection, given by Raleigh native Julian T. Baker Jr.'s family and estate, displays black-and-white photographs from pioneering artists, mid-century masters and contemporary figures, many of whom elevated the medium.