Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Mexico as Muse: Tina Modotti and Edward Weston

Explore the lives of Tina Modotti and Edward Weston—two extraordinary 20th-century artists who shared a passion for photography, Mexico, and each other—and experience the vibrant cultural climate of Mexico that was both the inspiration for and the subject of their art.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Edward Weston Edward Weston, after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937, when he was living at 4166 Brunswick Ave., Los Angeles. Photograph by the Los Angeles Times
cavetocanvas: Portrait of Edward Weston by Tina Modotti, 1924
Edward Weston, Maguey Cactus, Mexico, 1926; photograph; gelatin silver print, 7 3/8 in. x 9 5/16 in. (18.73 cm x 23.65 cm); Collection SFMOMA Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/14752##ixzz1JQmKaS00 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Edward Weston - Rag Doll and Sombrerito, 1925 http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/12/09/index.php?section=cultura&article=a03n1cul Edward WestonHat and Shoes, 1926 gelatin silver print                  http://www.artnet.com/AUCTIONS/Pages/Lots/41518.aspx?q=LotSearchState%3D2%26SpecialSale%3DTrue%26sortby%3Dnewly%26scroll%3D401%26page%3D1%26view%3Dfull
Edward Weston, 1886-1958 ‘The White Iris’ (Tina Modotti)
Thanks to chagalov. EDWARD WESTON Elbow, 1935Gelatin silver print. 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 cm).  Signed, dated and numbered 12-40 in pencil on the mount.
Edward Weston Cabbage Leaf
membrane: Edward Weston / Point Lobos / 1941 / Source : MFA Boston
crashinglybeautiful: Edward Weston. 1938 (Think Summer at All Things Amazing)
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