© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
On view
Photography
Tenaya Lake, High Sierras,
1937–38
Edward Weston, 1886–1958; born Highland Park, IL; died Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
x1971-435
Weston was a founding member of Group f/64, a California-based cohort of photographers who advocated for unmanipulated, sharp-focus photography of natural forms. The group’s name refers to the aperture setting for a camera lens that captures the greatest depth of field, rendering a photograph in which the foreground, middle ground, and background are all in focus. In a manifesto displayed at the Group’s first exhibition, in 1932, f/64 called for images that celebrate the distinct characteristics of photography: “The Group will show no work at any time that does not conform to its standards of pure photography. Pure photography is defined as possessing no qualities of technique, composition or idea, derivative of any other art form.”
Information
Title
Tenaya Lake, High Sierras
Dates
1937–38
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
19.4 × 24.2 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
mount: 38 × 41.9 cm (14 15/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
mat: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920
Object Number
x1971-435
Place Depicted
North America, United States, California, Yosemite National Park
Signatures
signed & dated lower right below image
Culture
The artist. Acquired by David H. McAlpin, after 1936; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1971.
