Mendenhall Glacier

Brett Weston was an American photographer known for stark, formally precise black-and-white images that emphasize geometric abstraction and tonal range. The son of pioneering modernist photographer Edward Weston, he developed his own vision through sharp-focus landscapes, still lifes, and architectural studies made primarily in the American West. His work, rooted in the f/64 Group aesthetic of his father's generation, refined that approach toward increasingly austere composition and luminous print quality. Weston's photographs privilege form and light over narrative or documentary content.

Carmel, CA, USA