Edward Weston, 1886 - 1958

"one of the most innovative and influential American photographers…"

My tutor read something from a book to me today and it rang so true with me; it was like every time i go to articulate my work this is what I should be saying... or at least something very similar:

"Art is weakened into greed according to the amount of personality it has"

It made me think twice about when your tutors tell you to express yourself. He also said to us something along the lines of, "I am trying to become identified with nature, uncover it, reveal it, to learn about". Edward weston collected things; shells, seaweed, rocks etc - much like I do - just to see what they would do to him.

When my tutor said this to us it felt to me as if all the misunderstandings in crits and every time I get asked 'what is your work about?' I now had an answer for. I didn't get time to write down the exact quote but ill get it another day*. 

Today, also talked about was Jackson Pollock, famous for his new and free way of painting. He said he was, "painting the rhythms of life". Pretty big statement, well 'Scientific America Magazine' suggests that Pollock's work made fractals...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-fractals-spot-genuine