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Cara Weston
Biography
Biography
Cara
Weston
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Cara Weston Photography Website
Cara Weston was born and raised in Carmel, California. She is the
daughter of world famous photographer Cole Weston and Helen Prosser
Weston and granddaughter to
the gifted world-renowned photographer Edward Weston and Flora Chandler
Weston.
Cara’s most personal and rewarding years have been raising her two
daughters and being a mother. She strongly feels this is her greatest
accomplishment in life and can’t imagine anything else ever being as
rewarding. Now that her daughters are grown she is now on a new path of
life experiences.
She has lived in a world of photography all her life. She has worked for
and with her father Cole Weston during the 1970’s as an assistant in
all aspects of photography. With her uncle Brett Weston she has worked
as an assistant, and as a model for his underwater photography during
the late 1970’s. She also spent a short time assisting black and white
photographer Rod Dresser before taking on a position at the Weston
Gallery.
Cara spent many years working for, and being the
director of the Weston Gallery in Carmel, California. Here she curated
numerous exhibitions at the gallery as well as on the road.
Some of the more memorable exhibitions were for such artists as
Yousuf Karsh, Ansel Adams, and Michael Kenna as well as, and not to leave
out the great exhibitions and talents of her family Edward Weston, Cole
Weston and Brett Weston. On the road she did art shows in Los Angeles
and New York that featured the work of many fine art photographers.
She has worked with museums as well as galleries showing and selling the
work of many well-known photographers, and many contemporary
photographers. Some of her favorite artists whom she enjoyed working
with were Michael Kenna, Brad Cole, Chip Hooper, Paul Kozel, and Rolfe
Horn just to name a small few of the inspirational contemporary artists
she has worked with. Working
at the Weston Gallery gave Cara the rewarding opportunity to work with
so many talented artists. These opportunities also led her to work with
an array of collectors, and the general public whom appreciate and love fine
art photography as much as she does.
Currently, Cara is the web-site director and co-trustee for the Weston
family run trust and website (www.edward-weston.com.)
Here she sells the photographs of her late father Cole Weston and
late grandfather Edward Weston.
Although Cara has always dabbled in photography she has always felt
somewhat intimidated by the great talent of her family history. She
notes—“Fine art photography is not an easy artistic field to pursue
professionally with so many great photographers in your family prior to
you”. She has also felt
somewhat excluded by being a girl in a very male dominated family.
Cara recently realized life is too short and that her desire to capture
images is stronger then worrying about living up to her family history.
Cara photographs for herself, and now has untied her own hands to follow
her passion and eye.
Besides photography Cara has worked in the art
medium of stain glass for many years. This work is currently on hold
until she can build a new studio for her glasswork.
Cara’s other love in life is sailing, which she did for many years
with her father and brothers growing up. During this time she sailed the
Pacific Coast from Monterey to Costa Rica. Her most memorable trip was
sailing from Hawaii to Monterey, a trip that lasted 27 days at sea.
Later on in her life her father gave her the family sailboat and
she sailed with her ex-husband and two daughters for several years. These
trips included the Pacific Coast, Channel Islands and Baja Mexico.
Currently, Cara resides on the magnificent Big Sur Coast in California
where there is not a day that goes by that she is not honored to live in
one of the most beautiful places on this wonderful planet we call earth.
She now photographs with her own agenda and travels when she can pull
herself away from her mountaintop home and garden.
RECENT EVENTS:
Cara Weston now serves on MAGNUM,
the National Migraine Association’s Board of Directors as our Director
of Exhibits.
MAGNUM is very lucky to have such a talented artist, gallery director,
& of course Migraineur on our Board of Directors to advise MAGNUM,
as we continue to use art to bring pubic attention to Migraine disease
and headache disorders.
Cara assists
MAGNUM with its Migraine disease awareness public health fine art
exhibitions. She brings to MAGNUM great expertise in understanding the
power of art to capture the public’s imagination. Using artwork to
capture the public’s attention is something MAGNUM has done for over a
decade and a half. Cara’s unique understanding of Migraine as a
sufferer and art as a talented photographer, bring special capabilities
to MAGNUM’s mission.
Michael
John Coleman
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