Paul Jordan-Smith

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Paul Jordan-Smith

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Edward Weston

American Photographer · 1886–1958

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> 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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> Friends and colleagues were important sources of inspiration for Edward Weston throughout his life. Particularly in his early career, Weston's intellectual and artistic circles, which included a community of California photographers, poets, writers, and sculptors, provided an environment in which his creative energies could thrive. He made portraits of many of his closest associates. The photographs he created of friends were more experimental and artistic in nature than those he made for studio clients; for the portraits of his friends, Weston capitalized on dramatic lighting, full-frame composition, and hand gestures to capture something more complex than simply his sitter's visage. > > Paul Jordan-Smith (1895-1971), a professor and bibliophile, was well versed in psychology and best known at the time for his book *The Soul of Woman: An Interpretation of the Philosophy of Feminism* (ca. 1916). He sat for Weston here with a cigarette to his lips and a confident gaze away from the camera. > > Brett Abbott. *Edward Weston*, In Focus: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005), 22. ©2005, J. Paul Getty Trust.

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Artist/Maker
Edward Weston
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Date
1922
Medium
Palladium print
Culture
American
Object Type
Print

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Print
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Edward Weston
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American
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Palladium print
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Photographs
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1922
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