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Brett was the second of 4 sons of the legendary
American photographer Edward Weston and
Flora Chandler. He was featured in his first
international exhibition in Germany at the age of
17 and his first one man retrospective at the De
Young museum in San Francisco at age 21.
“His earliest works reflected a sophisticated
sense of abstraction. He often flattened the
plane, engaging in layered space, an artistic
style more commonly seen among the abstract
expressionists.” He produced many notable
publications including “Voyage of the Eye”
published by Aperture in 1975.
OBSERVATIONS OF WESTON’S WORK?
Brassai (Gyula Halasz)
(1899-1994)
Gyula Halasz was born at Brasso, in Transylvania, a
part of Romania that at the time belonged to
Hungary. In 1917 he studied at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Budapest. In 1924 he realized his dream of
living and working in Paris. He adopted the name
Brassai after his hometown in 1925. He worked as a
journalist in Paris and pursued painting, sculpting and drawing before devoting himself to photography. He
was a close friend of Picasso and was also
influenced by friends such as Paul Eluard; Salvador
Dali and Andre Kertesz. It was the influence of Kertesz that led to his most notable images of Paris
by Night.
OBSERVATIONS OF BRASSAI’S WORK?
Andre Kertesz
(1894-1985)
Kertesz was a Hungarian born photojournalist known
for the photo essay and his contribution to photographiccomposition. He moved to Paris in 1925 and worked for
France’s first illustrated magazine “Vu”. He achieved
critical success in the DaDa movement before emigrating
to the U.S. in 1936 due to the persecution of the Jews and
the threat of WW II. He worked for many magazines in the U.S.
Including “Harper’s Bazaar”; “Life”; “Look” and “House
and Garden”. In his later life he was solo exhibited world wide
including a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1964.In 1979 he began working with Polaroid as an experimental
photographer with their new camera the SX-70. He continued
that throughout the rest of his life.
OBSERVATIONS OF KERTESZ’ WORK?
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BRING UP TO 6 OF YOUR OWN IMAGES,
PRINTS OR DIGITAL FORMAT, TO OUR
AUGUST 10TH MEETING TO SHOW AND TELL
WHO YOU EMULATED, HOW YOU DID IT
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