Papers of William Holgers, 1930-1980.
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Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
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Edward Weston, (American, 1886-1958), was born in Highland Park, Illinois and from an early age was involved with photography. He studied at the Illinois College of Photography in 1908, afterwards moving to Los Angeles to work for a commercial portrait studio and eventually starting his own. Weston exhibited his works in many salons and exhibitions, making his works known in the photographic community. In 1929 Weston moved to Carmel, California, where he would spend the rest of his...
Holgers, William.
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William Holgers lived in the Okaland/Berkeley area. He met Willard Van Dyke at the Ford Motor Plant. Holgers attended the U.S. Camera Photographic Forum in Yosemite, a photographic workshop, taught by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston in 1940. Thereafter, he remained friends with Adams and Weston and photographed at Weston's home in Carmel. (Note: These are unverified notes found with the materials.) From the description of Papers of William Holgers, 1930-1980. (University of Arizona). W...
Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009
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Charis Wilson was married to the photographer Edward Weston from 1939 to 1946. Following Weston's receipt of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, they traveled throughout the United States collaborating on the book entitled California and the West, which was illustrated with Weston's photographs and Wilson's text. Charis Wilson has written and published more than a dozen articles elaborating Weston's ideas on photography and the book Cats of Wildcat Hill, which was about their life together in Ca...
