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Brett Weston
Brett Weston: Fifteen Photographs Of Japan1970, printed 1970

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Woodblock print with large, boldly brushed East Asian calligraphic characters in black ink over a pale ground showing visible wood grain texture
Abstract composition in black ink or paint on white ground, scattered angular and geometric forms — open quadrilaterals, triangles, and elongated diamond shapes — rendered with bold, gestural brushwork of varying line weight.
Gelatin silver print of water cascading over jagged dark rock face, viewed from above; white rushing water weaves through angular stone ledges, filling the full frame with high-contrast texture.
Gelatin silver print of a Japanese garden pond, with moss-covered rocks and stones in the foreground, pine trees reflected in still water, and a dense tree line in the background.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a harbor with seven or eight working vessels moored on dark water, a wharf and shoreline structures visible at the top edge.
Gelatin silver print of four large flat fish hanging to dry against a background of vertical bamboo poles, their pale bodies and radiating fin spines rendered in sharp detail against dark shadows.
Black and white photograph, extreme close-up of a rock or mineral surface with circular fossil cross-sections and a dark central void, surrounded by pale crackled and textured material with layered vertical formations at right.
Gelatin silver print landscape of a calm coastal inlet, framed by dark rocky outcroppings in the foreground. Still water reflects tree-covered hills and a small structure on a low peninsula. Rows of stakes or poles extend across the shallows, with small boats visible in the middle distance.
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a coastal bay with numerous rectangular aquaculture rafts floating across calm water, flanked by forested hillsides and a small harbor settlement at right.
Gelatin silver print, close-up architectural abstract of a rough-textured stone pillar centered against massive granite blocks, with dark diagonal wooden beams forming an X-shape at upper right, high contrast black and white tones.
Gelatin silver print of layered, torn and peeling posters on a black surface, creating irregular gray fragments against high-contrast black and white. Vertical column of Japanese calligraphy in white at left edge.
Gelatin silver print, close-up architectural detail of dark wooden structural elements of a traditional East Asian building, showing interlocking horizontal beams, a row of evenly spaced wooden slats, a carved bracket, and a vertical column against a bright white background.
Gelatin silver print of densely packed bamboo stalks filling the frame vertically, with a bare-branched sapling weaving horizontally through the middle ground, high contrast rendering the segmented culms in deep shadow and bright highlight.
Gelatin silver print, close-up of lichen colonies on dark rock, showing pale circular and irregular lobed growths with finely textured, cracked surfaces scattered across a dark ground.
Gelatin silver print of a weathered stone relief carving depicting a seated bodhisattva figure with crown and flowing robes, heavily encrusted with lichen, set into a rock surface.
Artist or Maker
Brett Weston
Title
Brett Weston: Fifteen Photographs Of Japan
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1970, printed 1970
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8 x 10; Mount: 13 1/4 x 15
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2336.1-.15
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Brett Weston Archive