Background
Brett Weston was born on December 16, 1911, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He was the second of the four sons of photographer Edward Weston and Flora Chandler.
1915
Edward Weston
(Brett Weston: A Personal Selection realized his longtime ...)
Brett Weston: A Personal Selection realized his longtime desire, featuring 101 brilliant images considered by Weston to be his most important unknown work. Many of the images contained in Brett Weston: A Personal Selection were created from 1980-1986, highlighting the ongoing creative genius of this West Coast master photographer. The essay is contributed by Dody Weston Thompson, last assistant to Edward Weston, whose unique perspective gained from years working with Brett and Edward Weston results in a brilliant comparison of their essential artistic differences.
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1986
(Although Brett Weston had a prolific 68-year career of ma...)
Although Brett Weston had a prolific 68-year career of major one-man exhibitions and has been the subject of five books, none ever attempted a chronological overview of his development as an artist. Brett Weston: Master Photographer is a comprehensive examination of Brett Weston s life in photography from 1925 to 1988. This oversized edition addresses the six decades of Weston s working life through a selection of 15 corresponding photographs each accompanied by an essay authored by a distinguished writer, such as Beaumont Newhall and Van Deren Coke. A final presentation of new images - completed after 1986 - is introduced by Weston himself.
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1989
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Brett Weston photographed the island of Hawaii for over a decade. In his final years, that tropical retreat had become the single most important and inspirational location for his relentless exploration with the camera. Hawaii: Fifty Photographs by Brett Weston presents the finest of the period of Weston s work, from 1978 through 1991.
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1992
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"The New York" portfolio was produced by Weston in 1951. It contains Weston's photographs of New York from the 1940s - photographs that contrast with his photographs of San Francisco and evidence Weston's growth as a photographer.
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Brett Weston was born on December 16, 1911, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He was the second of the four sons of photographer Edward Weston and Flora Chandler.
Brett Weston began taking photographs in 1925 while living in Mexico with Tina Modotti and his father. He began showing his photographs with Edward Weston in 1927, was featured at the international exhibition at Film und Foto in Germany at age 17, and mounted his first one-man museum retrospective at age 21 at the De Young Museum in San Francisco in January 1932.
Brett Weston lived part-time on the Big Island of Hawaii and in Carmel, California for the final 14 years of his life. He maintained a home in Waikoloa that was built by his brother Neil Weston and later moved to Hawaii Paradise Park.
Brett Weston died in Kona Hospital on January 22, 1993, after suffering a stroke.
(Although Brett Weston had a prolific 68-year career of ma...)
1989(Brett Weston: A Personal Selection realized his longtime ...)
1986(Brett Weston photographed the island of Hawaii for over a...)
1992("The New York" portfolio was produced by Weston in 1951. ...)
Quotes from others about the person
Van Deren Coke described Brett Weston as the "child genius of American photography."
Brett Weston married and divorced four times. He had one daughter, Erica Weston.