{"id":9624,"date":"2013-07-03T18:49:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T00:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:22:15","slug":"edward-weston-and-his-daybooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/edward-weston-and-his-daybooks\/","title":{"rendered":"EDWARD WESTON AND HIS DAYBOOKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9627 size-full\" title=\"DBWeston01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Daybook02.jpg\" alt=\"The Daybooks of Edward Weston\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\">Have you ever wondered what the life of an artist would be like?&nbsp; Edward Weston was not only an artist, he was obsessed by his art.&nbsp; Every day before everyone else was awake, Edward would write in his Daybook.&nbsp; His journal has become a classic of photographic literature.&nbsp; At one point he destroyed some of his daybooks, but those that remained were eventually transcribed and published.<\/p>\n<p>Weston was a towering figure in twentieth-century photography, whose restless quest for beauty and the mystical presence behind it resulted in a body of work unrivaled in the medium. John Szarkowski observes that &#8220;It was as though the things of everyday experience had been transformed&#8230; into organic sculptures, the forms of which were both the expression and the justification of the life within&#8230; He had freed his eyes of conventional expectation, and had taught them to see the statement of intent that resides in natural form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a fascinating and informative read.&nbsp; A look into the life of a dedicated artist.&nbsp; If you are serious about your photography. . . if you think you are serious about your photography. . . read &#8220;The Daybooks of Edward Weston&#8221; and see how you compare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>JB<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what the life of an artist would be like?&nbsp; Edward Weston was not only an artist, he was obsessed by his art.&nbsp; Every day before everyone else was awake, Edward would write in his Daybook.&nbsp; His journal has become a classic of photographic literature.&nbsp; At one point he destroyed some ofContinue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[85,16,17,18,20,41],"class_list":["post-9624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-photography","tag-edward-weston","tag-film-photography","tag-fine-art-photography","tag-jb-susan-harlin","tag-ulf-photography","tag-view-camera","no-thumb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EDWARD WESTON AND HIS DAYBOOKS %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you ever wondered what the life of an artist would be like? 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