Weston first taking pictures after his father gave him his first camera
which was a bulls eye kodak on his 16th birthday as a gift and after
that Weston began taking photographs of everything he could find
including pictures of his aunt's farm. In his young age Weston used to
imitate paintings. But he was dissatisfied with his work so he switched
to realism and his photography produced true to life, unpretentious
images. Deciding to pursue his photographic career he traveled to
Mexico, where he opened a photographic studio with his lover, Tina
Modotti. During this time, Weston took a number of portraits and nudes
for which he's known even today. Several Mexican artists of the time,
including Diego Rivera, David Siqueiro began to admire his work. He also
specialized in close ups and landscapes of shells and rocks. Weston was
considered one of the most innovative and influential American
photographers and one of the masters of 20th century photography. He was
also the first photographer to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship award.
His work was greatly admired because he could capture the form and
structure and show you the picture in another way. Most of Weston's
pictures are black and white. Weston took his last picture in Point
Lobos after that Weston was diagnosed of Parkinson's disease and died
after 10 years and during the 10 years, he published many of his pictures. His
pictures in Point Lobos consisted mainly of trees and rocks. Some of
Weston's greatest works are Natalius and Pepper no 30. here are some of his
works-
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| Pepper No 30- one of Weston's greatest and most famous works |
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| One of Weston's nudes- has an artistic sense in which he takes his pictures |
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| One of his landscapes in his last days of taking pictures- in Point Lobos |
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