Brett Weston

Brett Weston

Brett Weston (December 16, 1911January 22, 1993) was an American photographer and the second son of photographer Edward Weston. Brett’s photographs often approach abstraction, with subjects that are difficult to decipher. He is best known for his work in the dunes around Oceano, California, a subject that he shared with his father Edward Weston.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art are among the public collections having photographs by Brett Weston.

Publications

* "Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow", ed. Stephen Bennett Phillips, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0911919097
* "Fifteen Photographs, Brett Weston" (Afterword by Roger Aikin), Lodima Press, PA 2007, ASIN: B0012FZNJA
* "New York, Brett Weston" (Introduction by Beaumont Newhall, Afterword by Roger Aikin), Lodima Press, PA 2006, ASIN: B000T4CSUM
* "White Sands, Brett Weston" (Introduction by Nancy Newhall, Afterword by Roger Aikin), Lodima Press, PA 2005, ISBN-10: 188889931X
* "San Francisco, Brett Weston" (Afterword by Roger Aikin), Lodima Press, PA 2004, ISBN-13: 978-1888899160
* "Dune: Edward and Brett Weston", ed. Kurt Markus, Wild Horse Island Press, MT, 2003, ISBN 0-9677321-2-3
* "Hawaii: Fifty Photographs, Brett Weston", Photography West Graphics, CA, 1992, ISBN-13: 978-0961651541
* "Brett Weston: Master Photographer, Brett Weston", Photography West Graphics, CA, 1989, ISBN 0-9616515-3-9
* "Brett Weston: A Personal Selection, Brett Weston", Photography West Graphics, CA, 1986 ISBN 0-9616515-0-4
* "Brett Weston: Photographs from Five Decades", ed. RH Cravens, Aperture, NY, 1980, ISBN-13: 978-0893810658
* "Brett Weston: Voyage of the Eye, Brett Weston", Aperture, NY, 1975, ISBN-13: 978-0912334844
* "Brett Weston: Photographs", Merle Armitage, E. Weyhe, NY, 1956, ASIN: B0007DEJP2

External links

* [http://www.brettwestonarchive.com/ Brett Weston Archive]
* [http://www.edward-weston.com/index.htm Edward-Weston.com]
* [http://jrbartgallery.com/artwork/view_by_artist.php?contactsID=60 Biography]


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