The Daybooks of Edward Weston; California

N.Y.: Horizon Press, (1966). Presumed first edition. One large quarto in original white pictorial jacket; illustrations; 27 cm Fine, with personal owner name and very subtle ding to spine; in a very good(+) to near fine(-) jacket with small chip-tear to rear top edge, now in archival mylar . Hardcover.

"For more than fifteen years, Edward Weston kept a diary in which he recorded his struggle to understand himself, his society, and his medium. Seldom has an artist written about his life as vividly, intimately, or sensitively. His journal has become a classic of photographic literature.A towering figure in twentieth-century photography, Weston sought to awaken human vision. His restless quest for beauty and the mystical presence behind it created a body of work unrivaled in the medium. For more than fifteen years, Edward Weston kept a diary in which he recorded his struggle to understand himself, his society, and his medium. Seldom has an artist written about his life as vividly, intimately, or sensitively. His journal has become a classic of photographic literature.A towering figure in twentieth-century photography, Weston sought to awaken human vision. His restless quest for beauty and the mystical presence behind it created a body of work unrivaled in the medium."—Publisher