Swiss chard.

While making dinner the other night, I cut the end off a big bunch of chard and was immediately reminded of those fabulous Edward Weston pictures of cabbage.  The true artistry of those, of course, was that nobody had done art prints of vegetables in that style before, the silver gelatin prints that were so smooth and luminous.

Of course, it was the subject matter only that made me think of Weston, this pic is very textural, but now that I’m thinking of him, everything seems like a candidate for Westonesque presentation.  I saw a squished spider on pavement that reminded me of those tar stains on beach rocks that he did; sand ripples; once you start looking you see Weston everywhere.  But I still don’t know how he did it: taking these minute views of pedestrian subjects, and making them into masterpieces.  It will take a little more study and thought.

Image was taken with iPhone, Iris Photosuite to render it B&W, boosted the contrast.