Re: Quasi "alt" question re:8x10 cameras


Steve Shapiro (sgshiya@redshift.com)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 08:07:49 -0800


-----Original Message-----
From: C. Michael McKinney <mckinnm@host1.swosu.edu>
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
<alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Quasi "alt" question re:8x10 cameras

>It has been too many years since my History of Photography course in
college,
>but I have this thread of memory in my head that Edward Weston slept while
his
>wife drove until *she* saw an Edward Weston scene, then woke him up to
>photograph it. Perhaps this was misinformtion from a biased professor??
Anyone
>else with that memory thread?

Cloris Weston has a newly published book on EW.
Call 831 624 1803 and the Thunderbird Bookstore will take a CC order by
phone, and ship.
S. Shapiro

>
>Michael
>
>C. Michael McKinney, MFA
>Southwestern Oklahoma State University
>http://www.swosu.edu
>
>Richard Lahrson wrote:
>
>> Steve Shapiro wrote:
>> >
>> > Let me add to the top of this thread, Edward Weston's father was a
doctor,
>> > and his sisters rich California friend was EW's first wife.
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Well, at least during the '30s, it was a struggle for most Americans
>> because of the depression. That is the impression one gets from reading
>> Edward Weston's Daybook. And, of course, he was the first photographer
to
>> receive a Guggenheim Fellowship Grant. He used this money to travel and
>> photogrph.
>>
>> I recall seeing a half hour black and white film about Edward
>> Weston. I think it was put out by the Canadian Film Board. It showed
>> him photographing near Carmel and printing in his darkroom.
>>
>> Rich Lahrson
>> tripspud@hooked.net
>
>
>



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