Weston Nude Solarization Technique

[Robert Hall]

Thanks for sharing. It looks like a good thing to try next time I'm in the studio.

 

[Three Owls]

The second photograph is listed at edward-weston.com as being from 1927 and I believe is of Bertha in his Glendale studio, right?

I can't find reference to the camera used for that series but I had thought it was his graflex and that he enlarged negatives from it using a soft focus lens. I know that he is supposed to have used this process with his commercial portraiture during that time period. I note that the shadows seem to "glow" and that is what I would expect from such technique. Most of the talk about lighting has been about the Charis photo, does anyone know if I am mistaken with regard to the second photo?

 

[Merg Ross]

The photograph is of the dancer Bertha Wadell taken by Weston in 1927. It is one of a series taken over a three month period from March to June of that year.

The initial photos in the series were taken with his 8x10 camera. Subsequent sittings utilized the Graflex (3 1/4 x 4 1/4)) and were contact printed. Therefore, there are both 8x10 prints and smaller prints from this series. The lighting was from directly behind the camera.

 

[j-dogg]

Thanks for sharing. It looks like a good thing to try next time I'm in the studio.

Ditto, just gave me a few ideas for my next shoot.