The image shows a high-contrast black and white photograph of sand dunes. The interplay of light and shadow creates a dramatic landscape of curves and lines. The absence of color and the stark contrast accentuate the textures and shapes of the dunes, giving the …

Edward Weston's extensive 1936 series of the dunes in Oceano, California, focuses on line and pattern, in this case the sinuous lines and rolling shapes created by the wind and tides on the sand.

Artist: Edward Weston (American, Highland Park, Illinois 1886–1958 Carmel, California) Date: 1936. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 19.3 x 24.4 cm (7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987. Object Number: 1987.1100.129

May 31, 2019 · The works for which he is famous–sharp, stark, brilliantly printed images of sand dunes, nudes, vegetables, rock formations, trees, cacti, shells, water, and human faces are among the finest of 20th-century photographs; their influence on modern art remains inestimable.

Apr 28, 2020 · Weston’s radishes, peppers, toilets, artichokes, nudes, and sand dunes were taken out of their normal context so as to reveal the invisible details of structure and surface to surpass our unaided vision of real things.

The artwork presents an evocative composition of undulating sand dunes, meticulously captured in black and white. The interplay of light and shadow creates a dramatic and almost ethereal landscape, emphasizing the natural textures and patterns in the sand.

Dec 26, 2013 · Edward Weston and his oldest two sons, Chandler and Brett (see above), each had success photographing the Oceano Dunes evidenced by their cover photos for Dune Forum and California Arts & Architecture published during 1933 and 1934.

Weston is a central figure in American photography, from his early portraits in California to his mature studies of natural objects and nudes. In his search for an enduring image that captured the timeless ‘essence’ of the object, he often resorted to long exposures of up to six hours.

Sand Dunes, Oceano Date: 1934, printed 1953/54. Artist: Edward Weston (American, 1886–1958) printed by Brett Weston (American, 1911–1993)

Edward Weston’s photographs of sand dunes, taken in the late 1930s, are part of his photographic vision, described in his journal, in 1927, as: ‘[T]o clearly express my feeling for life with photographic beauty, present objectively the texture, rhythm, form in nature, without subterfuge or evasion in technique or spirit, to record the ...