“To see the Thing itself is essential: the quintessence revealed direct without the fog of impressionism... This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock. Significant presentation - not interpretation.”
Quote by Edward Weston
Work
The daybooks of Edward Weston
This book compiles the day-to-day musings of Edward Weston, offering insights into his creative process, personal life, and thoughts on photography. more
Author
Edward Weston
Edward Weston was an American photographer renowned for his unique perspective on nature and nude photography. His works hold a significant place in the history of 20th-century photography and have had a profound impact on photographers that followed. more
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“A photograph has no value unless it looks exactly like a photograph and nothing else.”
Source: Edward Weston on photography
“My work is never intellectual. I never make a negative unless emotionally moved by my subject.”
Source: Edward Weston: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum
“I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.”
“For a photographer, the first 70 years are a bit difficult, but after that things get better.”