North California

Description

In 1937 the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded Weston its prestigious fellowship. He was the first photographer to receive the honor. The grant freed him to pursue a new approach to his craft, and he set out to photograph landscapes throughout California and the American West. A notable shift from the style of his early work, this California landscape reflects Weston’s increasing use of wide frames to capture the geometric patterns nature produces at a grand scale.