Edward Weston's life story

Edward Weston was born on March 24th, 886 in Highland Park, Illinois. 1902, he received his first camera-Kodak Bull's Eye #2 on 16 birthday. After that, he started taking pictures in Chicago Park and his aunt's farm.

Edward Weston (1886) was born in a poor family near Chicago, USA, with little special education. Between the ages of 20 and 50, I mainly open a photo studio and make a living by taking business portraits.

1922, Weston met the photographers Stie Gerriets and strand in new york, which had a great influence on Weston's photographic creation.

From 65438 to 0930, Weston held his first solo exhibition in new york.

From 65438 to 0932, Weston, Adams, Fan Dike, Cunningham and others formed the famous "f64 Group" in the history of photography.

1937 was an important year in Weston's photography career, at the age of 5 1 year. This year, he won the famous "Guggenheim" award in America. From then on, Weston bid farewell to his tired portrait photography and devoted himself to the creative world since he was a child. Weston's works are characterized by freshness, frankness, naturalness and simplicity. Later, his childlike attention turned to the surface textures and shapes of vegetables, insects, fruits, shells and other ordinary things. The images of these familiar things left on film and photographic paper not only made him often make incredible discoveries, but also deeply touched countless people and made them open their eyes again in front of things they turned a blind eye to.

In April 2008, Edward Weston's Naked (1925) was sold at Sotheby's in new york for1609,000 USD. American photographer Edward Weston (1886- 1958) is the most famous photographer in the history of human photography. He is a member of the famous "F64 Group" in the history of American photography, and advocates touching the core of life by focusing on observing the surface texture and shape of things.

Ansel adams, a famous American photographer, is Weston's closest film friend. Commenting on Weston's contribution to photography, he wrote: "To be honest, Weston is one of the few most creative artists in modern times. He reappeared the true colors of nature and showed the power of nature. He described the most basic harmony and unity in the world with meaningful images. Humans are constantly exploring and seeking the most perfect spiritual realm, and Weston's works illuminate this road. " His younger colleague, Oest Haas, realized from his photos that there was poetry in photography.