White Sands
Brett Weston
Description
Brett Weston Landscapes Exhibition 2013
White Sands, from White Sands Portfolio
1946
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold M. Gilbert, 1981/2.39
Brett Weston Landscapes Exhibition 2013
White Sands, from White Sands Portfolio
1946
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold M. Gilbert, 1981/2.39
Subject Matter:
Brett Weston began his career at an early age. His father, Edward Weston, withdrew him from school in 1925, to move to Mexico. During this time, Brett studied under his father and met leading artists of the time, while beginning to develop his own style at the age of 13. He exhibited internationally before the age of 20, including at the influential 1929 exhibition Film und Foto in Stuttgart, Germany. Throughout his seventy year career, Weston produced a large body of work illustrating his technical skill and expert printing style. His photographs often focused on natural subject matter, abstracting plants and landscapes by photographing close-up, cropped scenes. The "White Sands" portfolio was created in 1946, when Weston traveled from New York to Texas. He stopped in White Sands, New Mexico, creating a body of work that would be published three years later. This photograph features a flattened perspectival plane and frames the dark plants, contrasting against the light sand.
Physical Description:
This photograph shows plant life growing in tufts on white sand.
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