Edward Weston Book

Enjoyable read, with a short foreword by Cole, an interesting portrait-centric bio by Susan Morgan, a few of the typical daybook entries, a somewhat random letter from Beaumont Newhall, a random but enjoyable letter from Paul Strand, an interesting letter from Ansel discussing possible ways forward for Edward's portrait business, and a good selection of rather nicely reproduced portraits, most of them quite large. The intro material includes one of the best portraits I've ever seen of Edward in his later years, and surprisingly it's by Neil.

It's more a heavily printed magazine than a book, but it's nicely done and worth having if found at a reasonable price, which isn't hard. While I wouldn't call it one of the more impressive or inspiring EW volumes, it gives me nothing to complain about or deduct stars for, so four stars simply because it doesn't feel deserving of being among the very best, but there's nothing wrong with it either.

The back of the magazine is a 1995 ad for Photoshop 3.0, which is perhaps a touch ironic given Edward's dedication to unretouched portraits.