BRETT WESTON – CA / NY
2022-05-30The eminent curator Van Deren Coke described Brett Weston as the “child genius of American photography.” Born in Los Angeles in 1911, the second son of photographer Edward Weston, he had perhaps the closest artistic relationship with his famous father of all four of the Weston sons. In 1925, Edward removed Brett from school and took him to Mexico, where the thirteen year old became his father’s apprentice. Surrounded by revolutionary artists of the day, such as Tina Modotti, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and influenced as well by the striking contrast of life in Mexico, it was there that Brett first began making photographs with a small Graflex 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ camera.
Opposite – Dune, 1967
Exhibition runs through to June 30th, 2022
Danziger Gallery Los Angeles
Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue
Los Angeles
CA 90404
