For many years, Brett Weston envisioned a book that would share
with his audience a unique collection of previously unpublished
photographs from his private archive. Brett Weston: A Personal
Selection realized his longtime desire, featuring 101 brilliant
images considered by Weston to be his most important unknown work.
Many of the images contained in Brett Weston: A Personal Selection were created from 1980-1986, highlighting the ongoing creative genius
of this West Coast master photographer still producing after sixty
years of disciplined commitment to his artistry. The essay is contributed
by Dody Weston Thompson, last assistant to Edward Weston, whose
unique perspective gained from years working with Brett and Edward
Weston results in a brilliant comparison of their essential artistic
differences. Few artists have labored so ardently with the lifetime
dedication and consuming passion that marked the career of Brett
Weston, and fewer photographers have produced a volume of prints
so uniquely visualized with the private imagination, technical brilliance
and compositional purity that resounds throughout this collection
of previously unknown images. |