Pacific Light

Saratoga Hotel roof, San Francisco

by R. Paul Skeehan 1989

Edward Weston

In 1922, Weston experienced a transition from pictorialism to straight photography, becoming "the pioneer of precise and sharp presentation." After 1927, Weston worked mainly with nudes, still life and landscape subjects. His shells and vegetable studies were especially important. He co-founded Group f/64 in 1932 with Ansel Adams, Willard Van Dyke and others. The term f/64 refers to the very small lens aperture which secured great depth of field, making a photograph appear evenly sharp from foreground to background.

High-key photography

Something about the San Francisco sunlight, scrubbed clean by Pacific fog that streams inland each morning, allows for bright and high key photography. Something about the San Francisco sunlight, scrubbed clean by Pacific fog that streams inland each morning, allows for bright and high key photography.

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date created: March 25, 2010
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