Edward Weston: Becoming ModernPublished on the occasion of the exhibition Edward Weston: Becoming Modern held at the Maison Europenne de la Photographie in Paris, from October 15, 2025, to January 25, 2026. Drawn entirely from the prestigious collection of the Wilson Centre for Photography, this publication highlights a decisive turning point in the history of photography. Outlining Westons radical shift from a refined, pictorialist style inspired by the codes of painting to a

from his classic photographs to his little-known color experiments

Made over four years across three continents and five countries

interspersed throughout

Raymond Meeks took up residence in northern France during the summer of 2022

ranging from the personal to the geopolitical

these photographs evoke traditional fables or classic children’s books in which animals enact human behaviours to teach moral lessons

known as the “God of constitutional politics”

In his previous book

Embodying photography’s intrinsic power

surface observations to subconscious investigations

and examines identity and intimacy

Paradiso) but I always kept photographing (mostly in black and white) everything that mattered to me in a constant flux without a specific direction