Edward Weston Book

"I am having another reaction - from my statement that I could go through life with one woman! Ridiculous thought! Imagine never again having the thrill of courting - the conquest - new lips to find - new bodies to caress. It would be analogous to making my last print - nailing it to the wall forever - seeing it there - until I would despise it or no longer notice it was there. No! - let me stay free!" (p. 81) - and so he did both artistically, spiritually and mentally till he died from Parkinson's disease on the last Day of 1958. We get an intimate looks into the thought and creativity of one of the greatest photographers, however, the Ben Maddow seems to have had a special interest in Weston's numerous love affairs going into great details with these to the point of boring the reader. We get that these affairs inspired him, but you also wonder if there was not much more to this great artist that could and should have been emphasized?