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A letter from
Cole Weston
When I was
born in 1919, I always wondered if I would see the year 2000.
There have been so many changes; from the Depression to when I worked
for Lockheed building P-38s for 51 cents per hour (and got married,
bought a house and thought I was fairly rich). I taught
metal-smith in World War II and then decided to become a photographer
(if I wasn't to old to learn). After the war, in 1946, my father
asked me to come to Carmel to be his assistant. He had
Parkinson's. I worked with or saw my father every day until his
death in 1958.
In his will,
he specified that I could print from his negatives so long as the
mounted print specified: "Negative by Edward Weston. Print
by Cole Weston." And no print could sell for less than $30.00.
Some of
Edward's images are available only through this web site. They are
last-of-a-kind prints to be sold from our archives.
If you are
interested in a certain image that is not on our web site, please e-mail
us a source, such as a a book and page number. Your local library
or bookstore will have books on Edward Weston.
I hope you
enjoy our site and that you will visit often - our photographs will
change.
Sincerely,
We regret to
announce that Cole Weston died on Sunday, April 20th, 2003.
He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
This site is
now being operated by his family. The site director is Cara
Weston.
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