Edward Weston.
Weston was born in march 1886, in Highland park Illinois Edward Weston's father gave him his camera aged 16. much of his photography in the earl 1920's can be identified as Pictorialize style, meaning they imitated paintings. In 1923 he travelled to Mexico where he opened a photographic studio with his lover, Tina Modotti during this time Weston took a number of the portraits and nudes for which he's known today. several Mexican artists of the time including Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and Jose Orozco, called Weston a pioneer of 20th century art. In 1926 Weston returned to the united states, settling in California where he continued to create nudes, close ups and natural forms and landscapes, among several other works, In the 1940's he took several portraits of his family members that are now considered among his best work. In 1946 New York City's Museum of Modern Art Featured retrospective exhibits of Weston's work that included 300 prints.
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