Edward Weston: Life Work is a comprehensive 100-image exhibition showcasing the evolution of one of America’s most influential photographers. Spanning five decades, the survey features vintage prints from all stages of Weston’s career, including both iconic images and previously unpublished gems.

Early works like a 1909 nude of his wife and a 1907 desert landscape foreshadow themes Weston would explore throughout his life. Key images reflect his shift from Pictorialism to modernism, marked by sharp focus and simplified form. Notable mid-1920s works from Mexico and later still lifes of natural objects reveal Weston’s experimentation with abstraction and scale. The exhibition includes a rare 1940s color print and portraits of major cultural figures. It concludes with Weston’s final photograph, The Dody Rocks (1948).

Curated by photo-modernism expert Graham Howe, the show draws from the private collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, including rare pieces from Weston’s family archives.

WORKS
100

DIMENSIONS

16 x 20 (inches)

SPACE REQUIREMENTS

Aprox. 300 linear feet

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