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10/15/2025 - 01/25/2026
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
5/7, rue de Fourcy
75004 Paris
The MEP is proud to present an illuminating look at the birth of modernist photography, as seen through the lens of the renowned American photographer Edward Weston. Drawn entirely from the Wilson Centre for Photography’s prestigious collection, this exhibition retraces one of the most significant turning points in the history of photography. It showcases Weston’s radical transition from a refined pictorialist style inspired by painting to a precise, modernist aesthetic characterised by simplicity and directness. During this period, the photographer refined his style—simplifying his cropping, eliminating artifice, and focusing on lines, shapes, and light. He captured ordinary objects—shells, vegetables, bodies, and stones—with extreme formal rigour, transforming reality into visual motifs. His photography became a visual language, a form of sculpture, and a new way of looking.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
5/7, rue de Fourcy
75004 Paris
The MEP is proud to present an illuminating look at the birth of modernist photography, as seen through the lens of the renowned American photographer Edward Weston. Drawn entirely from the Wilson Centre for Photography’s prestigious collection, this exhibition retraces one of the most significant turning points in the history of photography. It showcases Weston’s radical transition from a refined pictorialist style inspired by painting to a precise, modernist aesthetic characterised by simplicity and directness. During this period, the photographer refined his style—simplifying his cropping, eliminating artifice, and focusing on lines, shapes, and light. He captured ordinary objects—shells, vegetables, bodies, and stones—with extreme formal rigour, transforming reality into visual motifs. His photography became a visual language, a form of sculpture, and a new way of looking.