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The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh.

Edward Weston

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Edward Weston
Age: 71 †
Born: 1886
Born: January 1
Died: 1958
Died: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Edward Henry Weston
Edward H. Weston
Eric Weston
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Is love like art - something always ahead, never quite attained.
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I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.
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If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!
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