Photography Secrets of Edward Weston's Darkroom

Take a step back in time into Edward Weston's darkroom, and then come forward with us to get a tour of it from his grandson Kim Weston. Hear secrets of how he developed and printed his elegant prints, that had his own unique simple approach. You'll also hear stories that will amaze you about him as a person and as an artist.
Read about my inspiration from Weston and his powerful definition of composition in my book Advancing Your Photography amzn.to/2vVvlJX
Thanks to Kim and Gina Weston for inviting us to visit and giving us this remarkable tour. Be sure to visit their website www.kimweston.com/kim-weston
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[@montycraig5659]

Like Weston, Adams, Carteir-Bresson, Avadon, and so many more.... You are a treasure to photography, Marc Silber! Thank you for all you do.

[@marcsilber]

Monty, I'm honored by your kind words, thanks much.

[@marcsilber]

Monty, want to be my publicist?!

[@montycraig5659]

Advancing Your Photography what would that entail?

[@marcsilber]

Monty shoot me an email [e-mail]

[@jimv5731]

Avadon has no relationship with Weston. Sorry.

[@LBVeil4215]

Excellent Black & White presentation.

[@normankellogg6624]

For Christmas somewhere between fifty and sixty years ago, my uncle gave me the books by Ansel Adams, THE NEGATIVE, THE PRINT, and THE CAMERA, and I just thought he was the best thing alive...then I saw THIS video...I immediately realized how simple, pure, and exacting it was. No enlarger, I think, mainly, was mainly responsible for its purity, plus his attitude toward it.

[@marcsilber]

Yes I have them too and still use those books!

[@northof-62]

Feeling privileged to be watching a legend work.

[@marcsilber]

👍👍

[@jamiej.tilleyphotographyar5177]

I was fortunate to visit Wildcat Hill in 2010 and be given a tour of Edward’s darkroom by his grandson Kim. I had chills just being there.

[@marcsilber]

I know - it’s a sacred spot indeed!

[@305CCK]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

[@evantouger2469]

What a treat that was! Loved hearing the family stories and seeing the space where he lived and worked. Thanks for the wonderful video!

[@jeandaubas3252]

Thanks for sharing this delicious insight into Ed's place ans work. A great lesson of simplicity and artist's determination. Photographic cheers from France, Jean

[@ML-rm3vk]

thank you i visted mr weston darkroom with the friends of photography years ago it was magic then and and now with again.wonderful a true master of the art of seeing.

[@marcsilber]

So great you had a chance to see it, it's is magical.

[@coltonbills4123]

Thanks for making this video! My high school photography class got to go on a day-long field trip to Point Lobos to photograph and then we got a private tour of the property, darkroom and got to talk to Kim for as long as we wanted about anything we wanted to, a seminal day in my photography career, thanks for making this video! It reminds me of that awesome day!

[@marcsilber]

what a great experience! Next time you're here, look me up, we're 5 mins from Weston's

[@coltonbills4123]

I definitely will!

[@heilandgunner]

Fantastic video. Love the way that Edward Weston developed his images and this was a real insight and inspiration. Thanks for posting.

[@marcsilber]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@farouk6564]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing

[@CourtneySueChannel]

Thanks for this! Took me back to my days in the darkroom in high school and the magic of watching your picture develop. Back then, in the early ‘90’s, they made us wear rubber gloves so we wouldn’t touch the chemicals!

[@PaulAlabama]

Thank you so much for making this!

[@marcsilber]

you're welcome Paul!

[@slvbackyard]

I enjoyed this very creative, fun, interesting way of integrating old footage into your interview. Fred

[@marcsilber]

thanks Fred and I had fun editing it!

[@theruleofthumb2171]

Thank you a bunch for this! What a treat! Very inspiring.

[@marcsilber]

👍💥

[@RagDoll2band]

Thank you! It was pleasure to watch. :)

[@marcsilber]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevensakic4342]

Thank you. Great video on darkroom Masters.

[@simonec.8253]

A wonderful documentary. Thx so much, Marc. I learnt a lot. 👍🤩

[@marcsilber]

Thanks, yes much to learn from him.

[@kikkik388]

Спасибо за публикацию видео. Приятно смотреть как работал великий фотограф! Всегда хочется узнавать больше.

[@MezeiEugen]

6:52 They talk about developing the print (I doubt Ansel used Dektol for negatives), so how does it make a difference if you enlarge or contact print? It is about the grain of the paper here, not of the enlarged grain of the negative.

[@darrenbivings4227]

This was a joy, Thank You

[@marcsilber]

🙏

[@stefanol9272]

Fantastic thank for this video ✌️✌️✌️😎😎😎 And cool the video is in Black & white

[@Gerard-hu6kp]

A craft skill as exciting as exposing plate or film itself Technique !

[@ledesclos5321]

Well done. Thank you.

[@marcsilber]

Thank you too!

[@pavelns]

the footage from the documentary at the end actually uses music from Hitchcock's Suspicion !

[@JohnKrill]

This guy was a great lover of, you guessed it, women!

[@marcsilber]

yes he was and made beautiful photos of them

[@albertatlock]

From the u.k. excellent.

[@kerder8660]

Patience & time...

[@af4od02]

Thanks again. I wonder, is there more of the old film documentary to view?

[@TopUncle]

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[@af4od02]

Andrew Bowers thanks. I just watched the Weston Video.

[@TopUncle]

You're welcome. Now you have no excuses. A diy cardboard pinhole camera, 8x10 paper negatives, a bare light bulb and 25 cats. You, too, can be Edward Weston ;-)

[@scotthays294]

It was the Leave it to Beaver generation. Nothing in the home was ever as it appeared. Yet how I would have been alive at that time to try to learn from him.

[@luisa.espinoza48]

Please, as a suggestion for your next videos. Put some captions for non-native english speakers, because sometimes the person speaks low or we can't understand some words just by listening to them.

[@BrunoChalifour]

Great video. Would you mind sharing the missing credits for the film on Weston? Thanks.

[@marcsilber]

Hey Bruno yo can see them here archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.46998

[@BrunoChalifour]

@@marcsilber Thanks. Legally and ethically shouldn’t they be more obvious,? Think if your own work was treated that way?

[@derrickwilliams331]

I am so Inspired by Edward Weston,That i Still shoot with my 4x5 Large format camera!!!

[@marcsilber]

Good fo you! I should too and now that his grandson opened up a darkroom in our area I have no excuses!

[@macieksb]

Can we see somewhere the original old documentary which starts and ends this video? Greetings from Poland :)

[@marcsilber]

I will be posting it with some additions, stay tuned.

[@TopUncle]

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[@DANVIIL]

"Crossdressing parties were a regular event." California at its best.

[@reach831]

This is my manager’s grandfather lol

[@terrywbreedlove]

Viewing Edwards prints in person at the Gallery in Carmel I was really put back by the poor quality. Ansel Adams works was also there and his prints are light years better.

[@randallstewart175]

If you read Adams' autobiography, he comments on his fellow photographers. On Edwards, he notes that Edwards had almost no technical knowledge of the photo process and worked pretty much by trial and error. The talk here about "pre-visualization" by Edwards to a total crock, a revision of history to fit modern expectations. Note the talk about Dektol and Amidol(which is an agent, not a developer) as relatively fine grain (film developer). These are paper developers, not for film, and neither are "fine grain".

[@terrywbreedlove]

Randall Stewart really that is interesting for sure thank you I need to get Adams Biography.

[@ThirdEye105]

Who is the woman with him ?

[@marcsilber]

It’s one of his assistants at the time

[@johnlindstrom9994]

Yeah, but who?@@marcsilber

[@donaldgenenavarro]

#crossdressingparties