Even in this age of Megapixel cameras, advanced Photoshop techniques and image stabilizing lenses, few photographers are producing images that rival what he made with a manual camera, sheet film and his genius in the darkroom.
He was born in 1911 into a household frequented by painters, sculptors and photographers that hovered around his father photographer Edward Weston.
Brett's father soon recognized that he had a talented son and let him use his camera. At the age of 21 he was already an experience exhibitor of fine art photographs. However, no one should conclude that he was a copycat of his Dad. Far from it. The son sometimes inspired the father. Whose idea was it to upgrade to
newer photographic paper? Brett.
As the younger Weston kept on shooting and showing his career spanned over 60 years. His mastery of the darkroom was a gift. And the world may never again see such a gifted and talented photographic printer.
His art lives on through books, a great documentary DVD and best of all a show of his prints entitled Brett Weston: Out of the Shadows. If you want to gaze upon the stunning art of this Master visit the Currier Museum in Manchester, NH. Just make sure you get there before it ends on Jan 3, 2010.
learn more at www.brettwestonarchive.com
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