Van Dyke's EW film

I am finishing up Edward Weston's biography by Ben Maddow and was

curious about a couple of things. First, is the film Willard Van Dyke made still

accessable on video? And, where would one look to find examples of his

8x10 color trannies?

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Many thanks in advance

Eck Wheeler

There is a video called "Remembering Edward Weston",

which has some B&W film footage of EW at work. It's

available at www.photoeye.com. I don't know if it's

the film shot by Willard Van Dyke.

There is a book of Weston's color work by Terrance Pitt published by

the Center for Creative Photography. I assume it's out of print, but

a library may have it or it may be available through used book

dealers.

Yes its available for about $100 dollars. But-see a fairly recent (2-3

month old) post by me on a similar thread. In it I give my rather

disgusted review of the film. I may have been a little harsh but it

really is not worth seeing, IMO. I wouldnt pay more than $20 for it.

It is not about Edward Weston the photographer, its about Edward

Weston, 100 Proof American Patriot, who, oh yeah, just happens to

photograph a little too. It was made in the post war, pre-cold war

days, and well...I'm not going to rehash it all again. Not recommended

unless you havent had your fill of patriotic propaganda lately.

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The other film mentioned above is much better, much cheaper, and uses

some of the Van Dyke footage without the "moral". I do recommend that

one.

There was a thread here recently that linked to an article that even

more of his color work had been found.

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The book published by Center for Creative Photography was called

Edward Weston, Color Photography. I picked one up on Ebay a year or

two ago for about $15

There's this one - no idea if it's any good...

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http://www.photoeye.com/templates/ShowDetailsbyCat.cfm?Catalog=ZA618

The Van Dyke film titled "The Photographer" was begun in 1947 for The

United States Informatiom Agency. A later film (around 1955-6) done

by Lou Stoumen was titled "The Naked Eye" and had parts from the

daybooks read by Raymond Massey.I am uncertain of their availability

but you might check with the Center for Creative Photography which

houses Weston's archive.

The CCP book has 32 reproductions of the Ektachrome and Kodachrome

transparencies. It was published in 1986 and may still be available

from the Center. It was titled simply: Edward Weston/Color

Photography.

I was trying to think of the third film, by Lou, but couldnt pull it

out of my memory banks. I remember searching for The Naked Eye, and I

discovered it is apparently not on video yet.