In 1941, Edward Weston set off on an intriguing mission. The Limited Editions Club had asked the master photographer to find “real American faces” and “real American places” for its deluxe printing of ...

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, Edward Weston, was once inspired by the poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Glass when he sought to capture the “real American faces and the ...

Edward Weston was born in 1886 in Highland Park, Ill., and took up photography at the age of 16. His signature style was crisply focused images of organic subjects -- including peppers, shells, trees ...

For her previous body of work, “Searching for Eve in the American West,” artist Maryam Eisler photographed female models deep in the heart of the New Mexico desert—a project inspired by fellow ...

Herbert Gold is the author of many novels, including "Fathers," "The Man Who Was Not With It" and, most recently, "Daughter Mine." Despite the extensive commentary, notes, biographical information and ...

Edward Weston holds an upper berth in the pantheon of modern American photography, and it’s easy to see why. A solid Modernist who began working in the early twentieth century, Weston — who was also a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Edward Weston is famous for making vegetables sexy. And he did. Peppers, radishes, mushrooms; Weston’s curvy, voluptuous shots redefined how the world ...

548 influential photographs taken by Edward Weston and printed by his son Cole are to be auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, estimated at $2/3 million Edward Weston, known for his shells, nudes and ...

Cole Weston, photographer: born Los Angeles 30 January 1919; four times married (four sons, two daughters, and one son deceased); died Monterey, California 20 April 2003. At the beginning of 1945, the ...

Su innovador trabajo como artista y activista a menudo desafiaba las convenciones, pero, durante mucho tiempo, su talento quedó eclipsado por sus romances y sus afiliaciones políticas. By Grace Linden ...