Edward Weston was an American photographer during the late 1800's and 1900's. He has been called "one if the most innovative and influential American photographers" and "one of the masters of 20th century photography". He was the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, he used a 8x10 camera and produced many negatives photographs. Some of his most famous work was taken of trees and rocks near Point Lobos. The pictures below are some of his best work in my opinion, these photos do not look like much but when you look at the photos in detail you can see the small details in the rocks and the trees and this is why I like them. My favourite photo out of all of them below is the last photo. This photo was taken was his 8x10 camera and its all in clear sharp focus. This photo has more mid grey tones and dark then there is light and I think this impacts the photograph in a good way. You can see the focus within the photograph with the fine small details within the rocks and the trees itself. When I look at this photo I feel very calm because you see nature at it's finest, although the tree is broken and there is broken branches everywhere this is how nature is and when you add the feature of black and white instead of colour it adds something special to the photograph. I aim to go to a beach front or woodland area and try and recreate these photos, using monochrome and try to find broken trees, this photograph using natural lighting and not studio lighting which means there are some harsh shadows throughout the photograph for example at the bottom of the photo there is a black mass underneath the broken tree and this brings a harsh shadow into the frame. Although there is this harsh light I believe this to be good for the photo. This is why I want to try and recreate some of Edward Weston's work.