Peppers and Nudes - The Photographer Edward Weston

Colour, 35 mm
Germany, 2004, 26 min
Section: Documentary Competition

Synopsis

This captivating portrait of the extraordinary American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958) follows his life from a well-established studio in Los Angeles, through his sojourn in Mexico, to twenty years spent in a cabin in an artists’ colony overlooking the Pacific in Carmel, California. His lifelong photographic fascination with Woman transformed over time into the effort to find a purely abstract form in which he approximated the curves of a woman’s body using the infolding structures of seashells, costal cliffs and bell peppers. The photographer’s grandson narrates.

About the director

Sabine Pollmeier studied art history and theatre science at university in Munich. She took graduate courses in documentary filmmaking and television journalism at the Academy for Television and Film in Munich as well. She has worked since 1996 as a producer and director.

Joachim Haupt studied modern German literature, modern history and sociology at universities in Mainz, Geneva and Munich. In 1993 he debuted with a documentary on the underground techno scene in Berlin. Since 1996 he has cooperated with Sabine Pollmeier.