...He was initially expected to have a bright future as a concert pianist, but at the age of 27, his health deteriorated and he could no longer play. Influenced by his father-in-law, who ran a photo studio, and Paul Strand, he became a photographer. In 1932, he formed the f-64 Group with E. Weston and others. Since then, many of the landscape photographs he took at Yosemite and other locations under the direction of this group have been published in photo books. ... From Weston…In 1929, he began the Point Lobos series, which could be called his life's work. In 1932, he formed the f·64 Group with A. Adams, I. Cunningham, and van Dyck, who shared his photographic philosophy. f·64 symbolizes the minimum aperture required to take sharp photographs. … From [Lang]…He studied photography under C.H. White (1871-1925), one of the founding members of the Photo-Secession. Later, he opened a studio in San Francisco and became friends with photographers from the Group f64, including E. Weston and A. Adams. In 1935, he became a staff photographer for the Farmers' Conservation Administration (FSA), and produced excellent documents of rural areas (especially migrant workers) devastated by the Great Depression. … *Some of the terminology that refers to the "f.64 group" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…はじめコンサート・ピアニストとして将来を嘱望されていたが,27歳のとき健康を害して演奏ができなくなったため,写真館を経営していた義父や,ストランドPaul Strandの影響もあって写真家となった。1932年E.ウェストン等と共に〈f・64グループ〉を結成。以来その主張のもとに撮影したヨセミテ等の風景写真は,写真集として多数刊行されている。… 【ウェストン】より…29年にはライフワークともいうべきポイント・ロボスの連作を開始した。32年彼の写真の方針に共感するA.アダムズ,I.カニンガム,ファン・デイクらとともに〈f・64グループ〉を結成。f・64とはレンズの絞りを最小限度に絞って,シャープな写真を撮るという象徴的な意味である。… 【ラング】より…フォト・セセッションの創立メンバーの一人であるC.H.ホワイト(1871‐1925)の下で写真を学んだ。のちにサンフランシスコでスタジオを開き,E.ウェストン,A.アダムズらの〈f64グループGroup f64〉の写真家たちと親交を結ぶ。1935年からFSA(農地保全管理局)のスタッフ写真家となり,大恐慌で荒廃した農村地帯(特に移住労働者)のすぐれたドキュメントを撮った。… ※「f ・64グループ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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