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Edward Weston's Book of Nudes
. Weston
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Description for Edward Weston's Book of Nudes
Hardcover. Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) first started taking photographs at the age of sixteen with a camera given to him by his father. Over the next five decades, he would come to be regarded by his peers as one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century. This volume is a collection of his photographic studies of the nude form. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1 colour & 70 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 276 x 14. Weight in Grams: 868.
Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) first started taking photographs at the age of sixteen with a camera given to him by his father. Over the next five decades, he would come to be regarded by his peers as one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century.This unique volume is a collection of his photographic studies of the nude form, first put together in 1953 with co-operation of acclaimed photography critic Nancy Newhall, and is the only book on the subject that Weston himself participated in. In the 1950s, however, publishers of fine art photography were reluctant to address the subject, ... Read more
Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) first started taking photographs at the age of sixteen with a camera given to him by his father. Over the next five decades, he would come to be regarded by his peers as one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century.This unique volume is a collection of his photographic studies of the nude form, first put together in 1953 with co-operation of acclaimed photography critic Nancy Newhall, and is the only book on the subject that Weston himself participated in. In the 1950s, however, publishers of fine art photography were reluctant to address the subject, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
868g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Santa Monica CA, United States
ISBN
9780892369034
SKU
V9780892369034
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Ref
99-44
About . Weston
Brett Abbott is assistant curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Nancy Newhall (1908-1974) was Edward Weston's official biographer and cofounder of Aperture magazine.
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