Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection.
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I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without.
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| Birth: | 24th March, 1886 |
| Death: | 1st January, 1958 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Photographer |
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Edward Henry Weston was born in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. He was an American photographer. Over the course of his 40-year career Weston photographed an increasingly expansive set of subjects, including landscapes, still lifes, nudes, portraits, genre scenes and even whimsical parodies. Some of his most famous photographs were taken of the trees and rocks at Point Lobos, California, near where he lived for many years.
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