Great American photographer, Edward Weston was born to Alice Jeanette Brett and Edward Burbank Weston in 1886. Weston began his life in Highland, Illinois, but spent most of his childhood living in Chicago. At the early age of five, tragedy struck when his mother passed away. After her death, his sister took on the role of the mother. As a child, Weston found school to be insufferable (Edward Henry Weston: Revealing more than the eye sees, 2004). …
