Education
He learned his craft assisting his father Cole in the darkroom making gallery prints from his grandfather Edward’s original negatives. Kim also worked for many years as an assistant to his uncle Brett, whose bold, abstract photographs rank as some of the finest example.
Cameras
Kim Weston’s first camera was a Rolleiflex, as he got older he photographed with a 4×5 Linhof ( a gift from his uncle Brett), then he switched to a 8×10 Calumet, and now uses an 8×10 Arca Swiss. Lately, Kim has been photographing with a medium format camera, a Mamiya 67 that he inherited from his father Cole Weston.
Format
His main body of work consists of silver gelatin contact prints made from 6×7 (56mm x 69mm), 4×5 and 8×10 negatives. In addition to the 8×10 format he prints in 11×14 and 16×20 sizes. He also prints in Platinum and lately he has added paint to his photographs.
Lifestyle
Kim and his wife, Gina, live at Wildcat Hill, the former home of Edward Weston where they specialize in teaching several unique photography workshops throughout the year.
Kim is an educator and a mentor to young photographers. The Weston Scholarship Fund was established in 2004 to support high school and college students studying fine art photography in Monterey County.
Some of Kim's work:
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Go to his website http://www.kimweston.com/
Miguel Soler-Roig (Barcelona, 1961). In his multiple journeys through different countries, he has been in contact with different cultures, adding to his cosmopolitan and adventurous career a worldly knowledge and refined lifestyle, transmitting such qualities in all his works.
As a student at the School of Art in Basel, Switzerland he cultivated a sharper vision towards life thanks to his continuous visits to museums, exhibitions, artist studios and fairs. Later on, during his higher education at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence (USA) and in his early career in New York, he enhanced his enthusiasm for the arts as an inner necessity. On his return to Spain he continues studies in photography, and completes an European Master on Fine Art Photography at IED Madrid, and several professional photography workshops organized by PhotoEspaña.
Today as an artist, photography is his main art feature, weaving in him natural instincts and deeper feelings. He lives the moments while taking photographs, but as he himself confirmes, sometimes portrays what he wants to live. On the other hand, he is very active in the circuits of contemporary art, workshops, conferences (Photoespaña, Arles, Fotofest), exhibitions coordination and cultural management.
Some of the most prominent spaces where he has shown his work are: RISD Museum of Art, Providence, American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York; Schule für Gestaltung, Basel; PhotoEspaña festival, Madrid; IVAM Museum, Valencia; Venice Arsenale; Reial Cercle Artistic, Barcelona; Fundación Luis Carulla, Museu Vida Rural, Tarragona; Casa degli Italiani, Barcelona; Fundación Valentín de Madariaga, Sevilla and Centro Cultural de Jesús, Ibiza.
Main exhibitions: Solo Show in Being3 Gallery, Beijing; Paris Photo 2016. J.P. Morgan Chase Collection. "Pictures in pictures" curated by Lisa Erf; Madrid Photo; Copenhagen Photo Festival; Antonio Saura Foundation, Cuenca; Lisbon Art Fair; Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona; JustMad Art Fair, Madrid; ”Mutants Books” Casa Encendida, Madrid; Gallery Blanca Berlín, Madrid; Arte Laguna, Venice Arsenale; ABSOLUT Portfolio’s Show, Photo España; PINTA, New York; Fotofest, Houston; Fotofever, Paris; Society for Photographic Education, Cleveland, Ohio; Matadero, Madrid; Lianzhou Foto Festival, China; Arts Libris, Barcelona; Segovia Foto Festival; Mondo Galeria, Ibiza; Photo London; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston; Being3 Gallery, Hudson, NY and Zona Maco Foto, Mexico.
In recent months he has traveled to Arizona, Utah and Ethiopia to complete his current photography projects.
Some of Miguel's work:
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