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Compiled and Edited by Richard
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1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
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Limited edition book:
The Art of Edward Weston, published. Edited by Merle Armitage.
Dedicated to patron Alice Rohrer, whose $500 donation made
publishing possible. Book includes 39 reproductions. Photographer,
Charles Sheeler writes introduction.
September 2 : Group f / 64 forms at Willard Van Dyke's gallery at
683 Brockhurst in San Francisco. The philosophy of group will
influence photography for the next 60 years.
November 15 : Group f / 64 exhibition of 80 prints opens at the De
Young Museum in San Francisco. Group members exhibitors : Ansel
Adams, Imogen Cunningham, John Paul Edwards, Sonya Noskowiak,
Henry Swift, and Willard Van Dyke, Edward Weston. Non-member
invited exhibitors : Preston Holder, Consuela Kanaga, Alma
Levenson, Brett Weston.
February : Purchases 4x5 Graflex camera. Begins close-up body
fragment nude series of Sonya and various other models. Series
extends through 1935
July : Travels to New Mexico with Sonya and Willard Van Dyke.
Discovers the open landscape. The landscape will be an important
part of his work for the rest of his photographic career.
January - April : Works in Los Angeles for the Public Works of
Art. Received $38.50 per week to copy art work.
Early April : Meets Charis Wilson at Carmel concert. Introduced by
Charis' brother Leon.
April 22 : Photographs Charis Wilson for the first time.
Separates from Sonya after 5 years together.
Ends journal writing in "Daybooks"
Summer : Photographs the Oceano Dunes for the first time with
Willard Van Dyke.
January : Closes portrait studio in Carmel. Moves to Santa Monica
Canyon, California to open studio with Brett.
August : Charis arrives in Santa Monica Canyon. Begins new nude
series. Switches from 4x5 to 8x10 format. Most famous photograph
from series : Negative 227N "Head Down Nude, 1936"
Initiates the "Edward Weston Print of the Month Club." Prints
$10.00 per month or $100.00 for a year subscription. Subscribers
averages 8-11 per month.
October 22 : Signs and dates Guggenheim Foundation application.
Project statement only four sentences long.
Photographs nude series of Charis on the dunes at Oceano.
February 4 : Amends Guggenheim Foundation application at the
recommendation of Dorthea Lange and Paul Taylor. Project statement
is now a 4-page essay.
March 22 : Awarded the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever given to a
photographer. Fellowship is for one year beginning April 1, 1937
with a stipend of $2,000.
Contracts with Phil Townsend Hanna, editor of AAA Westway
Magazine. Proves 8-10 photos per month of Guggenheim travels for
$50. Charis paid an additional $15 to write photo captions and
short descriptions. The fee makes it possible the purchase of a
new Ford V-8 sedan for the trip.
Guggenheim Fellowship, Year 1:
17 Trips
Traveled 16,697 miles in 187 days
Created 1260 negatives
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Exhibition : "Photography
1839-1937," curated by Beaumont Newhall. Four Oceano Photographs
included.
Divorces Flora May Chandler Weston after 16 years of separation.
March 25 : Receives notification that Guggenheim Fellowship
renewed for a second year.
Guggenheim Fellowship, Year 2 : Limited travels and photographing.
Spends most of the year at Wildcat printing Guggenheim negatives.
(total Guggenheim negatives : 1500)
August : Moves to home on Wildcat Hill, Carmel Highlands,
California. Built by Neil Weston on 1.8 acres of land for $1200.
Bodie House built behind the main house as a garage, becomes
Charis' writing studio.
"Seeing California with Edward Weston" published. Collection of 21
Westway articles from the Guggenheim travels.
April 24 : Marries Charis Wilson in Elk, California.
New Point Lobos series of wide vistas. Begins shooting 8x10
portraits in the landscape.
California and the West, published. Includes : 96 photographs with
text by Charis. First edition sells for $3.95.
Meets Beaumont and Nancy Newhall at Wildcat Hill. The Newhall's
propose a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.
June : Teaches photography at the first Yosemite/Ansel Adams
Workshop. Paid $150.
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