Trolley Car, East Forty-Second Street, New York City

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Trolley Car, East Forty-Second Street, New York City

Creator

Brett Weston

American Photographer · 1911–1993

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Brett Weston's starkly beautiful photographs fall under the same conceptual framework as those of his famous father, the well-known American photographer Edward Weston. Both used large-format cameras, insisted on previsualizing final images before exposure, and produced immaculate prints. Weston demonstrated his potential at an early age. He was thirteen years old when he began using his father's

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Date
about 1944–1945
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Trolley car #632 emerging from under a stone bridge; the Chrysler Building is in the background.

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