Weldon Brewster
The mysterious landscapes of photographer Weldon Brewster harken back to the time of Pictorialism in the early twentieth century. With more influences in painting than photography the sculpted movement in his images stirs the imagination. Like the work of Wynn Bullock, Edward Steichen and Hiroshi Sugimoto there is a creation of a romantic reality that bears little resemblance to the scene in front of their cameras. Brewster says, “I’ve always been a bit feral, hiking in the mountains and surfing in the ocean. I love the planet in it’s raw untouched form. With my photographs I use aqueous vapors to create illusions of Jurassic mountain scenes.”
EDUCATION
Art Center College of Design
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
2016 “KAA Art Exhibit” artworxLA, Los Angeles, December 1st
2017 "The International Exposition of Contemporary Photography” Photo Independent, Los Angeles, April 21st thru 23rd
2017 “Cattle Baron’s Ball”, Dallas, October 21st
2017 “California Rising” Fabrik Projects Gallery, Culver City, September 9th thru October 21st
2017 fotofever, Paris, November 10th thru 12th
2018 “Summer Art Series” haleARTS, Santa Monica, June 29th thru August 19th
2018 “ Members Exhibition” Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, July 19th thru September 7th
2018 "The International Exposition of Contemporary Photography” Photo Independent, Los Angeles, October 5th thru 7th
2018 “Photo Independent” fotofever, Paris, November 8th thru 11th
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United Kingdom, France, the United States and Canada
PROFILE
Professional photographer with thirty years experience working with diverse clients such as: Adidas, Bang Olufsen, Barclays, Breitling, Calvin Klein, Disney, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, Gensler, Guess?, Hertz, Hugo Boss, The Huntington Museum, Kaiser Permanente, LA County Museum of Art, NASA, Nestle, Nicole Miller, Nike, Princess Cruise Lines, Rio Tinto, The Schindler Group, UCLA, Universal Studios, USC and Wolfgang Puck. Publication list includes: California Interiors, Home Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Progressive Architecture, Southern California Home & Garden, Sunset Magazine, Travel + Leisure Magazine and The Wall Street Journal.
Commercial work can be seen here: weldonbrewster.com
Credits: About Portrait by Keith Coleman
©2021 Weldon Brewster
Copyright to all of the photographs displayed on this site are owned by Weldon Brewster. You may not sell, publish, license or otherwise distribute any of these photographs without the written permission of the photographer.