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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The guest book at Wildcat Hill, Edward Weston's longtime home and studio, includes everyone from Robinson and Una Jeffers to Dorothea Lange, New York Museum of Modern Art photographic curator Beaumont ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recently republished book sorts out the life of Tina Modotti as an artist and activist — and the long shadow of Edward Weston. By Rena Silverman A new book looks at Group f.64, one of the most ...