RIP Edward Weston's Muse Charis Wilson

[Benjamin Marks]

Muse to Edward Weston. A generation fades.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/arts/design/24wilson.html?hpw

Ben Marks

 

[Damaso]

Wow, too bad but what a legacy she leaves behind...

 

[dazedgonebye]

We should all have such a muse.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Oh, I've got one. It's just that she hates to be photographed. I am most 'mused though.

 

[Mcary]

FYI http://www.ovationtv.com/programs/513-the-eloquent-nude

 

[robklurfield]

Leave it to Times to use a word like "amanuensis" in the first paragraph. She wasn't just his muse; she was also his ghost writer. Anyway, she certainly was a great muse.

 

[nikon_sam]

We should all have such a muse.

So, so true...I saw the documentary that Ovation TV had about them...someone that free comes around so rarely...

 

[nikon_sam]

They just finished showing it but it will air again at 9:00pm PST...showing the last 5 minutes of it right now...

 

[Turtle]

Behind every great man....

Its hard to deduce how important she was to the Weston we know, but I suspect it is considerably more than at first thought. I only have to think of the things I would not be doing without the support of the woman in my life...

 

[amateriat]

Turtle: Agreed, and way too seldom mentioned.


- Barrett

 

[Graham Line]

We just saw "The Elegant Nude" on the Ovation TV channel tonight. What a wonderful human being she was, far ahead of her time.

I've had the pleasure of talking to the crew of "Eloquent Nude" and attending one of a series of 'guided showings' the director did here in Portland. Showed the film and answered questions.
You can get a DVD from http://www.eloquentnude.org/

 

[amateriat]

Joe: Thanks for the link. Having looked at the previews, I think I'll actually get the DVD.


- Barrett

 

[Trius]

nope. I read the time daily. I just wonder how many readers know what the hell it means. I've been a times reader since 1981 when I first moved out this way. the number of typos in the times has increased to silly levels in the age of the internet at least in the good old print version. I do marketing communications for a living, so I love words. amanuensis is a great word, but great words sometimes skim right over most readers' heads (mine included). the article was very good and yes, Charis ("pronounce like 'Harris'") was a great muse.

I love encountering words I don't know, which I surmise you do as well. For the readers who "don't know what the hell it means", it's a perfect opportunity to pick up a dictionary, find an online dictionary, whatever it takes to learn ... if they're too lazy for that, then too bad. They can content themselves with some schlock tabloid, I guess.