A85.51

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Brett Weston and Camera at Point Lobos|Brett on Point Lobos
1942
7.5 in HIGH x 9.5 in WIDE
(19.05 cm HIGH x 24.13 cm WIDE)
Gift of Tom Curran
A85.51

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BR: EW '42
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, The Monterey Photographic Tradition: The Weston Years, Feb thru 1986. TOM Seeing Straight: The f64 Revolution in PHotography 10/24/92 - 5/29/94 (t); In Front of the Lens: Portraits of California Photographers (Oakes- O





Weston made two negatives of this scene. In the variant the lens was about half an inch to the left. The black-and-white dark cloth, which he had originally designed for desert use, has been pushed back; the tripod legs rearranged; the camera pointed at the rocks right below the tripod; and Brett positioned behind the camera, carefully adjusting the focus. The variant is more convincing. Brett seems less open and vulnerable than in this portrait but his face is also less visible [Amy Conger, "Edward Weston: Photographs," figure 1710].
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