Edward Weston

(1886-1958)

American photographer

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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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Born	Edward Burbank Weston Jr. 24 March 1886 Highland Park (Chicago), Illinois
Died	1 January 1958 (aged 71) Big Sur, (wild Cat Hill) California
Zodiac	Aries
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Flora Chandler - · m. 1909; div. 1937 info edit

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Charis Wilson 1914-2009 American model · m. 1939; div. 1945 info edit

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Edward info 1st child with Flora Chandler Male b. 26 Apr 1910 Age: 115 1910- Celebrity Baby

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Theodore Brett info 2nd child with Flora Chandler Male b. 16 Dec 1911 Age: 113 1911- Celebrity Baby

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Laurence Neil info 3rd child with Flora Chandler Male b. 6 Dec 1916 Age: 108 1916- Celebrity Baby

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Cole info 4th child with Flora Chandler Male b. 30 Jan 1919 Age: 106 1919- Celebrity Baby

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Margretha Mather - info edit view couple »

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Tina Modotti 1896-1942 Italian-born photographer and actress, active in the USA and Mexico info edit view couple »

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Henrietta Shore 1880-1963 American artist info edit view couple »

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Charis Wilson

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Married · 24 Apr 1939

Apr 1934 - 1945

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Sonya Noskowiak

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Apr 1929 - Apr 1934

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Bertha Wardell

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Feb - 1927

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Henrietta Shore

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1927 - 1934

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Miriam Lerner

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Oct 1924 - Aug 1925

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Tina Modotti

Italian-born photographer and actress, active in the USA and Mexico

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1920 - 1926

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Margretha Mather

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1913 - 1923

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Flora Chandler

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Married · 30 Jan 1909

Jan 1909 - 1937

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b. 26 Apr 1910

Age: 115
Theodore Brett info

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with Flora Chandler

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b. 16 Dec 1911

Age: 113
Laurence Neil info

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with Flora Chandler

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b. 6 Dec 1916

Age: 108
Cole info

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with Flora Chandler

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b. 30 Jan 1919

Age: 106

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