Edward Weston

About the Artist

Tina Modotti. Edward Weston. February 1924. Gelatin silver print, 7 3/8 x 8 7/8" (18.7 x 22.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange (MoMA 1908.2001)
Alternate Name(s) Edward Henry Weston (Birth Name)

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs Mexico City
Photo Industry Hubs London
Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
Royal Photo Society, 1853–present
Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
Publications Vogue, 1892–1949
Foto-Auge, 1929
Photography, 1839–1937, 1937

Artist Chronology

March 24, 1886	Born At location: Edward Weston	Highland Park
Summer 1902	Receives a Kodak No. 2 Bulls-Eye camera from his father and purchases a 5 x 7 view camera soon thereafter At location: Edward Weston	Highland Park
1906	Publishes early landscape photographs in American Amateur Photographer Contributor: Edward Weston	New York
Fall 1907–early 1908	Attends Illinois College of Photography At location: Edward Weston	Effingham
Spring 1908–1911	Works for portrait photographer A. Louis Mojonier At location: Edward Weston	Glendale
1911	Establishes a commercial photography studio; uses an 11 x 14" studio camera and a soft-focus Verito lens At location: Edward Weston	Glendale
1913–21	Margarethe Mather is his studio assistant and collaborator At location: Edward Weston	Glendale
1914	Elected to membership by photographic societies in New York and London Affiliated: Edward Weston	New York London
February 1918–March 1919	Johan Hagemeyer studies photography under Edward Weston's guidance At location: Edward Weston, Johan Hagemeyer	Glendale
1920	Edward Weston meets Anne Brigman, Imogen Cunningham, and Tina Modotti At location: Anne W. Brigman, Tina Modotti, Edward Weston	Los Angeles
June 1920	Edward Weston visits Johan Hagemeyer in San Francisco; they visit other artists including Dorothea Lange, Roi Partridge, and Maynard Dixon At location: Edward Weston, Johan Hagemeyer	San Francisco
1922	Photographs Middletown, Ohio, while visiting his sister, whose husband works in the steel industry At location: Edward Weston	Middletown
1922	Charles Sheeler meets Edward Weston At location: Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston	New York
June 8–18, 1922	Exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Participant: Edward Weston, Johan Hagemeyer	Amsterdam
October 1922 through spring 1923	Edward Weston travels to New York to visit Alfred Stieglitz; meets Clarence H. White, Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, and Gertrude Käsebier At location: Charles Sheeler, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
August 1923–1926	Tina Modotti and Edward Weston live together in Mexico. Visitors to their studio include Diego Rivera, Nahui Olin, and Jean Charlot At location: Tina Modotti, Edward Weston	Mexico City
October 22–November 4, 1923	Solo exhibition of Edward Weston's work at the Aztec Land Gallery Visitor: Manuel Álvarez Bravo Participant: Edward Weston	Mexico City
November 1924	Group exhibition at Palacio de Minería Visitor: Manuel Álvarez Bravo Participant: Tina Modotti, Edward Weston	Mexico City
1925	Frances Toor, editor of Mexican Folkways, commissions Weston to photograph pulquerías Contributor: Edward Weston	Mexico City
July–November 1928	Lives in San Francisco At location: Edward Weston	San Francisco
December 1928–May 1935	Lives in Carmel At location: Edward Weston	Carmel
January 1929–June 1931	Edward Weston uses Johan Hagemeyer's studio until a rent dispute cools their friendship At location: Edward Weston, Johan Hagemeyer	Carmel
1929	Franz Roh publishes Foto-Auge: 76 Fotos der Zeit Contributor: Herbert Bayer, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Franz Roh, Semyon Fridlyand, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, J. Jay Hirz	Stuttgart
May 18–July 7, 1929	Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich August 28–September 22, 1929 Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin October 19–November 17, 1929 Stadtmuseum, Danzig (dates unknown) Österreichisches Museum, Vienna February 20–March 31, 1930 Agram, Zagreb April 5–14, 1930 Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich June 5–September 7, 1930 Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo April 1931 Asahi Shimbun, Osaka July 1–7, 1931 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied	Stuttgart
October 1929	Exhibition at Berkeley Art Museum Participant: Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Anton Bruehl, Tina Modotti, Edward Weston	Berkeley
June–September 1930	Das Lichtbild exhibition Participant: Aenne Biermann, Bill Brandt, Max Burchartz, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, Walter A. Peterhans, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, Franz Roh, Marianne Breslauer, Alexander Hackenschmied, Edmund Kesting, Jean Moral, Willy Zielke, Lore Feininger, Hans Finsler	Munich
July 1930	Alma Reed, owner of Delphic Studies, offers Weston representation Affiliated: Edward Weston	New York
October 1930	Exhibition at Delphic Studios Participant: Edward Weston	New York
November 1930	Photography 1930, organized by Lincoln Kerstein, at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Tina Modotti, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, George Hoyningen-Huene	Cambridge
1932	The Art of Edward Weston, by Merle Armitage, is published Contributor: Edward Weston	New York
1932	First exhibition of the group f/64, at the De Young Museum Participant: Edward Weston	San Francisco
1933	Acquires a 4 x 4" Graflex camera At location: Edward Weston	Carmel
1934	First Salon of Pure Photography Organizer: Edward Weston Participant: Edward W. Quigley	San Francisco
1934	Group exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art Participant: Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Edward W. Quigley	Cleveland
June 1935–November 1942	Lives in Santa Monica At location: Edward Weston	Santa Monica
March 1937–April 1939	Travels in the American west on a Guggenheim Fellowship Weston is the first photographer to be awarded the fellowship. At location: Edward Weston	Nevada
March 17–April 18, 1937	Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy	New York
1938	Solo exhibition at the Photographic Society of Philadelphia Participant: Edward Weston Organizer: Edward W. Quigley	Philadelphia
December 31, 1940–January 12, 1941	Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Aesthetics at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Lisette Model, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
1941–42	Illustrates an edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass Contributor: Edward Weston	Santa Monica
1941	Charles Sheeler and Edward Weston collaborate At location: Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston	Connecticut
1942–58	Lives in Carmel At location: Edward Weston	Carmel
June 20, 1945–June 23, 1946	The Museum Collection of Photographs at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Lisette Model, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
February 11–March 31, 1946	The Photographs of Edward Weston, organized by Nancy Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Edward Weston	New York
July–August 1946	Lisette Model spends the summer in San Francisco and establishes contacts within the photographic community At location: Lisette Model, Edward Weston	San Francisco
April 6–July 11, 1948	In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Lotte Jacobi, Lisette Model, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Edward W. Quigley	New York
July 27–September 26, 1948	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Bill Brandt, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Lisette Model, Tina Modotti, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
1954	Charles Sheeler visits Edward Weston At location: Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston	Carmel
January 1, 1958	Dies Weston suffered from Parkinson's disease during the last years of his life. At location: Edward Weston	Carmel