“I try to be aware of light at all times. I’m always watching for it. I am not looking at light because I am a photographer. I am a photographer because I am deeply involved with light”
~ Ruth Bernhard
“I believe in and make no apologies for photography. It is the most important graphic medium of our time. It does not have to be -indeed cannot be compared to painting. It has different means and aims”
~ Edward Weston
Ruth met Edward Weston by chance walking along Santa Monica Beach in the 1930’s. His dedication to his art and the frugality with which he lived had a profound effect on her which she carried with her throughout her long and productive professional life. She often said “I have had many loves in my life but what I have never had a person in my life whom I loved more than Edward Weston”. She found her own voice and created a body of sensual female nudes unparalleled by anyone.
