Theodore Brett Weston (1911 - 1993)

Born 16 Dec 1911 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Died 22 Jan 1993 at age 81 in Kailua, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States

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Biography

Brett Weston (originally Theodore Brett Weston; December 16, 1911, Los Angeles – January 22, 1993, Hawaii) was an American photographer. Van Deren Coke described Brett Weston as the "child genius of American photography." He was the second of the four sons of photographer Edward Weston and Flora Chandler.

Brett Weston married and divorced four times. He had one daughter, Erica Weston. Brett Weston lived part-time on the Big Island of Hawaii and in Carmel, California for the final 14 years of his life. He maintained a home in Waikoloa that was built by his brother Neil Weston, and later moved to Hawaii Paradise Park. He died in Kona Hospital on January 22, 1993 after suffering a stroke.

Brett Weston was ranked one of the top ten photographers collected by American museums by the final decade of his life. His photographs are included in the collections of countless museums, including the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Photographic Arts. In November 1996, Oklahoma City collector Christian Keesee acquired from the Brett Weston Estate the remaining body of Weston’s work.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Weston

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43795842

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQV-H27 : accessed 31 December 2018), Theodore B Weston in household of Edward Weston, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 198, sheet 17A, line 43, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 107; FHL microfilm 1,820,107.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCDX-6TP : accessed 31 December 2018), Brett Weston in household of Edward Weston, Carmel by the Sea, Monterey, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 4B, line 67, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 179; FHL microfilm 2,339,914.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTH2-X23 : 19 May 2014), Theodore B Weston, 22 Jan 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).