Video - Real American Places: Edward Weston and 'Leaves of Grass'

Posted on Thu., Oct. 27, 2016

In 1941, the Limited Editions Book Club approached Edward Weston to collaborate on a deluxe edition of Walt Whitman's poetry collection, "Leaves of Grass." Weston accepted the assignment and set out on a cross-country trip that yielded a group of images that mark the culmination of an extraordinarily creative period in his career.