Brett Weston was born in Los Angles in 1911, son of the famous photographer Edward Weston. With his father's help, he began photographing in Mexico at the age of thirteen and was showing his photographs alongside of his father's at the early age of fifteen. Brett Weston set himself apart from his father by pushing his work into the realm of abstraction, and thus participating in the mid-century movement of abstract art. Brett Weston bridged the gap between representation and abstraction by creating images that were realistically rendered yet composed in such a way as to emphasize abstraction in composition and form. His accomplishments in photography could be seen as a key to understanding the basic tenets of abstract art as expressed by artists working in more obviously interpretive mediums.

The Scott Nichols Gallery has one of the most comprehensive collections of Brett Weston's work. We have worked with Brett since 1976 and have an expertise in his work and Group f64. A Visual Journey 1925 - 1980 features some of the highlights from this collection and represents each decade of his photographic career.

Brett Weston, Cracked Plastic, 1953

An-My Lê’s photographs tell the multifold story of Vietnam as a country in transition. Her photographs involve a complex interplay of her own memories and the reality of modern day Vietnam. Lê left Saigon in 1975 at the age of 15 and emigrated to the United States with her family. She returned for the first time in 1994 and began making a series of photographs based on her own memories and stories handed down by family. Her photographs of the Vietnamese countryside, farmland, and villages portray an ancient culture that predates the televised Vietnam of a war-torn country.

Scott Nichols Gallery is currently showing a selection from her series, Vietnam, which was supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997.

An-My Lê, Untitled, Ho Chi Minh City, 1998