Inspired by Degas

Weston Photography
251 Rt.1 Carmel Ca 93923
831.624.8111 – www.kimweston.com

Friday, June 1, 2018
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Inspired by Degas
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Friday, June 1, 2018
Exhibit Dates: June 1, 2018 – August 1, 2018

Friday, June 1, 2018 — As a third generation photographer in the revered Weston family, Kim Weston has been steeped in traditional black and white photography for his entire life. With over 40 years as a photographer, teacher, lecturer and mentor this Weston has moved beyond those traditional roots to a more individualized interpretation of the medium.

For the past 14 years, Kim Weston has been applying artist quality oil paints to his silver gelatin photographs. In addition to applying paint to his signature nude series, he has applied paint to his ballerina series, heavily influenced by the painter Degas. Painters have been a major influence in Weston’s photography and Degas is definite influential standout for him.

Just as his grandfather shifted the medium and advanced photography from pictorialism to more sharply-focused images, so too has Kim Weston moved away from that very genre towards one that combines the methods of photography with that of painting. The long respected surface of the silver gelatin print is eschewed while at the same time the image itself is enhanced with the application of the paint.