EDWARD WESTON: LIFE WORK

Sarah M. Lowe is an independent art historian and curator specializing in Latin American art, contemporary art, and photography. Her books include The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait, Tina Modotti: Photographs, Consuelo Kanaga: An American Photographer, and the forthcoming Tina Modotti and Edward Weston: The Mexico Experience, which will accompany an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery, London, in 2004.

Dody Weston Thompson was Edward Weston’s last assistant and later his daughter-in-law after she married his son Brett. Her extensive writings include the introductions to Edward Weston: My Camera on Point Lobos and Brett Weston: A Personal Selection. Dody has been an assistant to Ansel Adams, was one of the founders of Aperture Magazine, and worked with Lou Stoumen on his acclaimed documentary films The True Story of the Civil War and The Naked Eye. An accomplished photographer in her own right, Dody has had numerous solo exhibitions including at the Monterey Museum of Art, the George Eastman House, and the Chicago Institute of Design.

Michael P. Mattis and Judith G. Hochberg have assembled a comprehensive collection of fine-art photography from its origins to the present day. Museum shows curated from their collection include In a New Light: 19th-Century Photographs from the Hochberg-Mattis Collection and For my Best Beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron.

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