Juniper, Lake Tenaya
Edward Weston
American, 1886–1958
1937
A gelatin silver photograph in which Edward Weston isolates an ancient juniper at Lake Tenaya, using close framing and sharp focus to turn a weathered tree into a study of form, texture, and living sculpture.
The image hits you as a monumental, twisting sculpture—gnarled, wind-sculpted wood rendered in deep blacks and silvery highlights so every grain, knot, and sweeping curve reads like carved anatomy against a spare sky.
Made in 1937, the photograph exemplifies Weston's straight‑photography modernism, revealing nature's abstract forms and textures and helping to steer twentieth‑century photography toward a tactile, sculptural visual language.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
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Credit
Gift of Georgia O'Keeffe
Accession
237.1954
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