I recently read a interview in Lens Work magazine issue number 68,a back issue from 2007,a interview with Kim Weston the grandson of Edward Weston.Edward Weston is not a name i know not unlike many but apparently a legend. I'll have to do some resurch on this photographer.I was hoping i was not alone in not knowing who he was.
The only photographer icons I know of are John Szarkowski,Jock Sturgis and the obvious Ansel Adams....I read a interview with John Szarkowski in Focus magazine.i read the interview and called Chuck Guildner to talk with him about what i had read,Chuck said "he just died you know" and my heart sank.Szarkowski died 4 days before i read that interview...The one interview i read with John Szarkowski had a direct impact on my photography.So now i am anxious to learn more about the legends like Edward Weston.The mind set is as important a part of photography as is the vision.
The more i read the more i learn and grow.Its something i didnt even think about my first year of shooting.Studying the legends like Szarkowski,Tice,Sturgis or Weston...I would say probably at least 5 people here know who Edward Weston is without using a search engine.
The only photographer icons I know of are John Szarkowski,Jock Sturgis and the obvious Ansel Adams....I read a interview with John Szarkowski in Focus magazine.i read the interview and called Chuck Guildner to talk with him about what i had read,Chuck said "he just died you know" and my heart sank.Szarkowski died 4 days before i read that interview...The one interview i read with John Szarkowski had a direct impact on my photography.So now i am anxious to learn more about the legends like Edward Weston.The mind set is as important a part of photography as is the vision.
The more i read the more i learn and grow.Its something i didnt even think about my first year of shooting.Studying the legends like Szarkowski,Tice,Sturgis or Weston...I would say probably at least 5 people here know who Edward Weston is without using a search engine.
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