Edward Weston: Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist
By Graham Howe and Beth Gates Warren, Merrell, £40, hardback, 160 pages ISBN 978-1-85894-663-4
JUXTAPOSING Weston's early work with later, arguably more refined, examples, this thoughtfully produced hardback is a joy to read. It opens with essays from Graham Howe, curator of the accompanying exhibition, and Beth Gates Warren, photography historian and author of two books on Weston's early career. The 120 duotones are all sensitively reproduced, with generous white borders helping to highlight the rich tonal range they contain. All of Weston's preferred genres are covered, from portraits and landscapes to still lifes and nudes. Even in the early works you can see Weston's love of ‘flattened space' in the way that sky, water and trees are treated as…