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| Edward Weston was the first photographer to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. |
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| Edward Weston |
| Edward Weston (March 24, 1886 - January 1, 1958) was an American photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. Most of his work was done
using an 8 by 10 inch view camera. Edward Weston was born in Highland Park, Illinois on March 24, 1886. In 1902, he received his first camera for his sixteenth birthday, a
Kodak Bull's-Eye #2, and began taking photographs in parks in Chicago and at his aunt's farm. The young Weston met with quick success. |
| 1922 marked a period of transition for Weston. Renouncing pictorialism in favour of straight photography, he began regular visits to Mexico with
his professional and romantic partner, Tina Modotti. |
| After 1927, Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life - his shells and vegetable studies were especially important - and landscape
subjects. After a few exhibitions of his works in New York, he went on to found Group f/64 in 1932 with fellow photographers
Ansel Adams, Willard van Dyke and others. |
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