Photographer: Brett Weston, American, 1911–1993, developed his own vision and pursued a celebrated photographic career, beginning at 13 and continuing until the end of his life.
He started work in 1925 as his father’s studio assistant in Mexico, where he absorbed formative influences from his father as well as Tina Modotti, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and José Clemente Orozco.
At 17, he had his work included in “Film und Foto” (1929), a critical avant-garde exhibition held between the two World Wars.
Taking a thoroughly Modernist approach to his medium, he reduced his subject matter to pure form through careful framing and the production of high contrast black-and-white prints.
Title: Underwater Nude
Date Of Negative: 1981
Type Of Print: Vintage Photogravure
Date Of Print: 1975
Paper: Medium weight, satin/matte finish
Print Origin: New York, USA
Publisher: Aperture Foundation
Approximate Image Size: 9 x 7 inches.
Approximate size with mat: 12 x 14 inches.
Mat: Professionally dry mounted with archival materials on 4ply museum mat board.
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Condition
Good condition.