I was also lucky enough to see a lot of Brett's work live. Mostly at the Weston gallery in Monterey and the Photography West gallery also in Monterey. He had a more modern eye than EW, not so much in symmetry and overall composition--they were both much alike in that way, but in how far he pushed his tonalities, especially from the 1960's on. His printwork became far more contrasty than his dad's. I was also lucky enough to see a number of his remakes of EW's prints from the 1950's. They were certainly beautiful, but did not quite reach the fine tonal gradations his dad was able to coax from the negatives. Also, I did meet him at Photography West. He seemed to be a very down-to-earth and kind man, and had a very strong presence, and high intellect.
I was also lucky enough to see a lot of Brett's work live. Mostly at the Weston gallery in Monterey and the Photography West gallery also in Monterey. He had a more modern eye than EW, not so much in symmetry and overall composition--they were both much alike in that way, but in how far he pushed his tonalities, especially from the 1960's on. His printwork became far more contrasty than his dad's. I was also lucky enough to see a number of his remakes of EW's prints from the 1950's. They were certainly beautiful, but did not quite reach the fine tonal gradations his dad was able to coax from the negatives. Also, I did meet him at Photography West. He seemed to be a very down-to-earth and kind man, and had a very strong presence, and high intellect.