William Edmondson and Edward Weston – two visionaries
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
by markschlicher

December 30, 1941, seventy three years ago today: Photographer Edward Weston created a portrait of sculptor William Edmondson. Despite a vast gulf of class, race, culture, geography, Weston’s camera captured a moment of wordless communication and understanding between two visionary creators, two artists who shared an astute understanding of form and abstraction, two revealers of beauty and meaning.
- Published in Bio detals, Milestones, Starr, Weston
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