Weston was one of the twentieth century's most influential photographers. Talented and ambitious, Weston quickly established a reputation of national prominence. Inspired by the "straight" photographic methods of photographers such as Paul Strand and Alfred Stieglitz, Weston worked in a manner that he believed "truthfully represented natural objects [without] trick, device or subterfuge." Weston is best known for his landscape photographs, his nudes, and a highly original series of close-up, organic forms such as shells, eggplants, and cabbages.
Details
- Artist Name: Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958)
- Title: Shell
- Date: 1927
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 9-5/8 x 7-1/2 in. (24.4 x 19.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection
- Accession Number: PH.1953.609g
- Copyright: © 2023 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Object Information
Edward Weston Photography
- Norton Simon Museum, 1986-10-30 to 1987-04-05
Edward Weston: Still Life Photographs
- Norton Simon Museum, 1991-10-03 to 1992-05-17
Significant Objects: The Spell of Still Life
- Norton Simon Museum, 2012-07-20 to 2013-01-21
Twentieth Century Photography
- Norton Simon Museum, 1986-05-29 to 1986-08-10
A Precise Vision: Photography from the Galka Scheyer Collection
- Norton Simon Museum, 1994-09-22 to 1996-04-28
From Europe to California: Galka Scheyer and the Avant-Garde
- Norton Simon Museum, 2003-05-16 to 2003-10-13
Maven of Modernism: Galka Scheyer in California
- Norton Simon Museum, 2017-04-07 to 2017-09-25
- The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 1976, no. 452
- Conger, Amy, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, 1992, fig. 548/1927
- Barnett, Vivian Endicott, The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum, 2002, no. 493 pp. 477-478
- Gloria Williams, The Collectible Moment: Catalogue of Photographs in the Norton Simon Museum, 2006, cat. 429 p. 270
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