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Pepper № 12
To acknowledge the work of Edward Weston (1886 – 1958). His famous "Pepper No. 30" photograph was taken during a four-day period from August 2–6, 1930... a little over 90 years ago. One of, if not his most well known photograph... the story behind the Weston "still lifes" were often the subject of speculation by critics. He wrote to a friend, "As you like it ‒ but this is just a pepper ‒ nothing else".
90 years on, here is my variation on that theme...
My first problem was finding an interestingly shaped pepper... all the supermarkets here make a point to provide identically well formed vegetables...
Canon 5D II - EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Shutter Speed: 32 seconds - F-Stop: f/32 - ISO: 200
Nikon SB-28 (flash - handheld) settings: f/32 - ISO 200 - Distance: 2m
Thanks for looking,
Casey
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Pepper № 12
To acknowledge the work of Edward Weston (1886 – 1958). His famous "Pepper No. 30" photograph was taken during a four-day period from August 2–6, 1930... a little over 90 years ago. One of, if not his most well known photograph... the story behind the Wes...
it's just a green bell pepper...
I am torn between seeing three individuals or a gargoyle-like figure ; ) Casey
I looked at the original 'pepper' photo...
...and saw nothing earth-shattering. It was a pepper with nice lighting. I think it's only famous because someone paid to much for it. His portraits, on the other hand, were incredible...
It has become so profoundly a part of our civilization
that it is easy to forget what a groundbreaking act of vision it was when originally made.
It's a photo of what others had painted for hundreds of years...
...we will agree to disagree on this one : )
mkvc: Hard to believe the photo was taken 90 years ago...
Weston made his pepper photograph using an Ansco 8"×10" (192 x 241mm) Commercial View camera and a Zeiss 210mm lens (~28mm full frame equivalent). Exposure was 6 minute... Casey
mdg: Weston's "still life" period
reminds me of Alfred Stieglitz's cloud photographs... which he took between 1925 to 1934. The same time frame as Weston's Pepper No. 30. Siteglitz's clouds are generally recognized as the first photographs intended to free the subject matter from literal ...
What a great version you made
At first I thought the shutter speed you used was a typo but then I read that he himself had a 4 hour exposure haha In today’s world his photos may not be so special, but in his day and age, it was pure pure art. Early last century taking photos of vegeta...
I was surprised to read that Weston's Pepper photo was 90 years old...
it doesn't seem like it's been that long but I guess time slips away. Not so much that his subjects were vegetables, sea shells, etc., but that they were abstract. I was interested to read a bit about his set-up and execution of Pepper No. 30 I can't imag...
I was a designer/art director working in tech...
...before digital photography (it got easier with digital but setup was still a bitch). We would set up a table-top shot with multiple lights, gels, different exposures, etc., and shoot maybe 20 to 30 4x5 film positives. Then we'd go to lunch and wait for...
Henry Moore's first public commission
"West Wind" (1928–29), was one of the eight reliefs of the 'four winds' high on the walls of London Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway. So in some ways he might be considered a contemporary of Weston and Stieglitz. It always intrigued me that a num...
I know that building well
It’s in Petty France just off ’ Park . A must for Art Deco lovers 😍
hahaha... we see what we see
Thanks for the comment terbaboom... as Weston wrote, in the end it's also just a pepper ; ) Casey
