Photographer. He began to make photographs in Chicago parks in 1902. Four years later he moved to California, the Western landscape soon became his principal subject matter. In the 1930s, Weston and ten other photographers, including Ansel Adams, Immogen Cunningham, and Willard van Dyke, formed the "F 64 Group," which greatly influenced the aesthetics of American photography. In 1937, Weston received the first Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a photographer. His sharp, stark, brilliantly printed images of sand dunes, nudes, vegetables, rock formations, trees, cacti, shells, water, and human faces are considered to be among the finest of 20th-century photographic works, their influence on the art remains inestimable. Weston made his last photographs at his beloved Point Lobos in 1948, as that year he was stricken with Parkinson's disease. Weston died at his home in Carmel. After the cremation, his four sons scattered his ashes at Point Lobos. Two of his sons, Brett Weston and Cole Weston are both photographers in their father's tradition.
Photographer. He began to make photographs in Chicago parks in 1902. Four years later he moved to California, the Western landscape soon became his principal subject matter. In the 1930s, Weston and ten other photographers, including Ansel Adams, Immogen Cunningham, and Willard van Dyke, formed the "F 64 Group," which greatly influenced the aesthetics of American photography. In 1937, Weston received the first Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to a photographer. His sharp, stark, brilliantly printed images of sand dunes, nudes, vegetables, rock formations, trees, cacti, shells, water, and human faces are considered to be among the finest of 20th-century photographic works, their influence on the art remains inestimable. Weston made his last photographs at his beloved Point Lobos in 1948, as that year he was stricken with Parkinson's disease. Weston died at his home in Carmel. After the cremation, his four sons scattered his ashes at Point Lobos. Two of his sons, Brett Weston and Cole Weston are both photographers in their father's tradition.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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