BRETT WESTON, "BALCONY, MEXICO"

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"Balcony, Mexico" a limited edition signed silver photo by listed photographer Brett Weston. Pencil signed, edition 8/50. Brett Weston (1911–1993) was born in Los Angeles, the second son of Edward Weston, and perhaps artistically the closest of the four Weston boys to their photographer father. In 1925, Edward removed Brett from school so the thirteen year old could become his apprentice in Mexico City. Surrounded by revolutionary artists of the day, such as José Clemente Orozco, José David Alfaro Siqueros, Jean Charlot, and Diego Rivera, Brett began making photographs with his father’s small Graflex 3¼ by 4¼ inch camera.

Early exposure to modern art impacted Weston’s sense of form and composition, and his early images of natural and man-made subjects reveal a strong sense of design. He appreciated how the camera transformed close-up subjects, with photography’s black-and-white tones further obscured an object’s appearance. This tendency toward abstraction characterized much of his work throughout his nearly seventy-year career. Measures without a frame 10” H x 11” W.

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