In Point Lobos, Where Edward Weston Saw the World Anew

[johnastovall]

"One exception to this biographic amnesia, and a worthy candidate for a plaque from the National Register of Historic Places, is Edward Weston’s house on the Monterey Peninsula. If American modernist photography can be said to have a spiritual birthplace that can still be visited, it’s his home on Wildcat Hill in Carmel Highlands where he lived off and on from 1938 until his death in 1958. Many of the Weston photographs that now sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars were printed here. What’s more, his commanding series of seascapes and landscapes were taken only a few miles from the front door, at what is now the Point Lobos State Reserve."

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[venchka]

...if you know who Edward Weston was.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...29-weston.html

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[ovimo]

Originally Posted by venchka

...if you know who Edward Weston was.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...29-weston.html

Enjoy!

Found that yesterday at work, wanted to post it here today, you beat me to it. Super-find, Wayne. Thank you.

[studiocygnet]

Wow. That was a great series of videos. Interesting the part about his not driving so he could see.

[billash1]

I have very fond memories of Point Lobos. It's where, in 1982, I met Ansel Adams as he was sitting at a park bench discussing environmental issues with then Calif. senator, Alan Cranston.
Both men were very gracious and allowed me to spend some time with them, where we proceeded to discuss photography and the rich photographic heritage of Pt. Lobos.

I took several frames of the gentlemen, and still proudly display an 11x14 of Mr. Adams that he autographed and send back to me. It occupies a special place in my home, and harkens me back to that special day in the summer of 1982.