Pepper No. 30 is a black-and-white photograph made by Edward Weston in 1930, showing a single green bell pepper lit from above and rendered in rich, sculptural tones that give the vegetable an almost monumental, body-like presence. It is one of the best known images from Weston's extended series of close-up still lifes of shells, vegetables and other everyday objects, in which he sought to isolate a subject's essential form under exacting studio light. Weston himself described the finished picture as having achieved a perfect light, calling it a classic, completely satisfying image that moved beyond the pepper itself toward what he termed an inner reality.
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Year Created MediumBlack-and-white photograph 1 Connections
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1. Pepper No. 30 - Wikipedia
WikipediaWikipedia, Pepper No. 30, lead paragraph, sentence 1
Pepper No. 30 is a black and white photograph and is one of the best-known photographs taken by Edward Weston.
Wikipedia, Pepper No. 30, Background section, paragraph 2
A year later, during a four-day period from August 2-6, 1930, Weston took at least thirty more negatives of peppers.
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30 is a black-and-white photograph made by Edward Weston in 1930, showing a single green bell pepper lit from above and rendered in rich, sculptural tones that give the vegetable an almost monumental, body-like presence.
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