“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” Edward Weston Today, we finished our f8 Pasadena Salon year by going on a short field trip to the Huntington Library to look at the pictures of Edward Weston as part of the "Real American Places" exhibit.
Weston embarked upon a 20,000 mile trip around the country (with Claris) to provide pictures for a special edition of Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." Ultimately the edition was not much to his liking mostly because of editorial changes to names of the pictures. The pictures used in this volume and many more were donated to the Huntington in 1944. Besides the pictures, the exhibit had a few artifacts of Whitman's writing and the book itself. A small exhibit but fun to see and discuss. After our tour, we all had lunch at one of the new restaurants at the Huntington,
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