I doubt Edward & Charis had a camera car head of them filming their travels. And the credits indicate Barett Rudich as Edward Weston and Christine Benrsten as young Charis Wilson. It was released in 2007. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204893/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_smDo you know this for a fact?
Seems like idle curiosity more than voyeurism. At least l this is better than discussing what junk mail is in one’s inbox.
I am not sure why that would mean my (or other's) lifeSeems like idle curiosity more than voyeurism. At least l this is better than discussing what junk mail is in one’s inbox.
I am not sure why that would mean my (or others') life is petty. Are you just a prude who thinks the talk of sex is too titillating for general discussion? Most modern biographers today include the subject's sex life as part of the overall picture when it is pertinent. And for some subjects, it helps expand the understanding of some of their motivations and work.Why all this interest in whether someone was married our not, had sex with their spouse or not, was faithful or not blah blah blah. Has your lives become that petty that this is worth your interest?
Yes.Do you know this for a fact?
when it is pertinent
I doubt Edward & Charis had a camera car head of them filming their travels. And the credits indicate Barett Rudich as Edward Weston and Christine Benrsten as young Charis Wilson. It was released in 2007. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204893/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
They had me fooled until I realized there probably wasn't a cinematographer tagging along with Edward & Charis at the time.Must admit they did a really good job of recreating those adventures.
The first counter-example to this statement that comes to mind, among others, is Brett Weston. He married and divorced multiple times, and none of his wives were crucial to his work. He simply kept producing great photographs through it all.
The effect of 'reality TV" on our perception of reality! (Edit: I was scratching my head for a moment, also!)They had me fooled until I realized there probably wasn't a cinematographer tagging along with Edward & Charis at the time.
The effect of 'reality TV" on our perception of reality!
But if one is interested in the movie -- the book is the way to go. California and the West, by Charis Wilson and Edward Weston. I just opened it up randomly and came to Charis' description of photographing in the Sierras near Banner and Ritter peaks -- an area I hiked in almost 50 years ago (before I started to photograph). Cool.
Seems like semantics to me. I read my books as well. And what do you do with your books in the years that pass between readings? You don’t “collect” them…do you “store” them? And why re-read them in the first place? You don’t “prize” the book…but perhaps you “value” what it has to say?Me, I don't "prize" or "collect" books. I read them for substance. I re-read them every once a while, often with years in between.
In that era, Tina Modotti was also nothing to sneeze at.I think Margrethe Mather probably had more photographic influence, but Charis wrote it down for us to read.
I'll be posting a picture of my prize model lover wife soon... as soon as I become a famous photographer.It is a sort of voyeurism. Maybe someone could start a baseball card-type thing only of famous photographers and their lovers. Then we can trade them and rate them.
Aah, the sex lives of famous photographers. Weston had many lovers, most started as his models. Berenice Abbott had many female lovers, Avedon stayed pretty much in the closet. Then there are those who married and (as far as is known) stayed faithful: Irving Penn and Lisa Fonssagrives, Lee Friedlander and Maria de Paoli. Probably would make for an interesting thread.
Indeed. And World War II notwithstanding, it will forever be a historical shame that the attack on Pearl Harbor abruptly ended their Leaves of Grass travels.Charis Wilson was much more than a model. Edward Weston's brief original application for a Guggenheim grant probably would have failed without her rewrite. She also is responsible for the finished version of many of his published articles.
Me, I don't "prize" or "collect" books. I read them for substance. I re-read them every once a while, often with years in between.
Charis was important in her way, but my guess is that several earlier women had more influence...were themselves more artistically influential.
I think Margrethe Mather probably had more photographic influence, but Charis wrote it down for us to read.
Georgia O'Keeffe for example
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