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Hombres Sedientos (Detail of a José Clemente Orozco mural in Preparatoria, Mexico City)
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Edward WestonAmerican Photographer · 1886–1958
All works by this person →> To clearly express my feeling for life with photographic beauty, present objectively the texture, rhythm, form in nature, without subterfuge or evasion in technique or spirit, to record the quintessence of the object or element before my lens, rather than an interpretation, a superficial phase, or passing mood--this is my way in photography. It is not an easy way. > > --Edward Weston In the spri
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- about 1930
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- Gelatin silver print
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- American
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Detail view of a mural known as "Hombres sedientos," also known as "The Thirsting Men," by José Clemente Orozco at the former Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, part of the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City. This view depicts a man holding his hands cupped in front of him, as if trying to catch some running water.
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