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| Edward Weston: Nudes | 
| Creators: Charis Wilson, Edward Weston
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
Buy New: $6.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 118
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0893815322
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9780893815325
ASIN: 0893815322
Publication Date: April 1, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: THIS ITEM IS UNUSED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. IT MAY HAVE SLIGHT SHELFWEAR BUT OTHERWISE IT IS FINE.
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| Customer Reviews:
 weston book December 13, 2007
book is a great representation of the movie detailing the relationship between weston and his passion for photography. arrived timely and in great shape.
Beautiful! March 17, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Above all, this is a gorgeous collection of figure studies in black and white. Some photos, like the cover, celebrate the elegance of the human form. Others explore figure as a medium for abstraction - simple shape, almost detached from the person, quite unlike photo as portraiture.
In a secondary way, this is a record of the time in which the photos were taken, mostly the 1930s. Figure as abstraction was a relatively recent innovation, and Weston embraced it fully. He also seemed to combine abstraction with darkroom technique, sometimes bordering on solarization. This also captures the style of the times, when shaving wasn't necessarily part of a lady's grooming - surprising to a modern eye, but a happy reminder that womanly beauty comes from the woman herself, not from products and processes she subjects herself to.
The real surprise in this book, however, is the commentary by Charis Wilson. She was Weston's wife for many years, and model for a huge part of Weston's figure ouvre. She gives unique insight into Weston's working style, one that treated the models as collaborators rather than raw material.
It is interesting that Wilson discusses Weston's work with other models with the same enjoyment she shows in discussing his work with her. As she points out, the photo is truly about the photographer more than it's about the model. And, because of her long and close relationship with Weston, this is a very affectionate discussion of his work.
//wiredweird
 He also did a few nude males. October 7, 2003
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Reproductions are pretty good. Text lacks meat although the photos don't. Incidentally, Weston did photograph a few nude males although you wouldn't know it from this book.
Excellent book October 18, 2000
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This was the type of book I was looking for concerning Weston's nude photography. The background, written by his wife and model, was excellent, and the pictures were laid out perfectly. Highly recommended to any Weston fan.
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