Edward Weston
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Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." Over the course of his 40-year career Weston photographed an increasingly expansive set of subjects, including landscapes, still lives, nudes, portraits, genre scenes and even whimsical parodies. It is said that he developed a "quintessentially American, and especially Californian, approach to modern photography" because of his focus on the people and places of the American West. In 1937 Weston was the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, and over the next two years he produced nearly 1,400 negatives using his 8 × 10 view camera. Some of his most famous photographs were taken of the trees and rocks at Point Lobos, California, near where he lived for many years.
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Edward Burbank Weston Jr. 24 March 1886 Highland Park (Chicago), Illinois
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| Died |
1 January 1958 (aged 71) Big Sur, (wild Cat Hill) California
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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Theodore Brett 2nd child with Flora Chandler Male b. 16 Dec 1911 · Age: 113 · 1911- · Celebrity Baby
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Tina Modotti · 1896-1942 · Italian-born photographer and actress, active in the USA and Mexico view couple »
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