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PDF (1.3mb)  Who is the artist? Edward Weston What is the name of the artwork? Plaster Works, Los Angeles What materials were used? Gelatin silver print Where is the artist from? United States When was the artwork made? 1925  Edward Weston was born in the United States in 1886 and began his photography career in 1902. At first, he preferred photographs with a soft-focus or an almost blurred effect. He eventually turned away from these types of images to a more modern style. Using only photography techniques such as lighting, the placement of the camera, and sharp focus, Weston produced photographs that emphasized the rhythms and forms of natural and man-made objects. Other young photographers, such as Ansel Adams, also believed in the same ideas and together with Weston formed Group f/64 in 1932. The name was taken from the smallest camera lens setting.  In Plaster Works, Los Angeles, Weston separates the building from its surroundings. Weston was interested in studying the shapes, angles, and the lights and shadows created by the building. To capture the shapes of the building and the play of light on its different surfaces, Weston photographed the building from a low vantage point. Where he placed the camera was deliberate and created a rhythm or movement in the photograph. For example, if you follow the edges of the angled roof with your eyes, it will lead you to the different parts of the photograph. What types of lines do you see in this photograph? Are they straight, curvy, thin, thick, etc.? Do the lines show movement and energy, or do they seem calm? Where is the photographer, Edward Weston, standing in relation to the subject? How would the photograph look different if he had chosen a different vantage point? Why do you think Weston chose this building as the subject for a photograph? What do you think he found interesting about this man-made object? What natural or man-made object would you photograph? How would you make it different from other photographs of the same subject?  Gelatin silver print - Technical name for black and white photographs. The paper is coated with a light-sensitive silver salt solution in gelatin. Vantage point - Where the photographer stands in relation to the subject to take a photograph. |
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Edward Weston United States 1886-1958 Plaster Works, Los Angeles Gelatin silver print, 1925 Collection Museum of Photographic Arts Gift of Leonard and Marjorie Vernon 1993.035.001 © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents Collection, The University of AZ © Museum of Photographic Arts  |
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1879 Thomas Edison invents the electric light 1886 Edward Weston born in the United States 1903
1915 First long distance telephone call in the U.S. 1925 Weston creates Plaster Works, Los Angeles 1933
passengers 1958 Edward Weston dies 1962 Seat belt invented |
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