Edward weston’s photograph which is the dunes oceano highlights the aesthetic potentials of contour line and shape. The dramatic contrasts lines bring about similar effects. Edward weston and his fellow bay area photographers were early supporters of the large format cameras and small opening settings that formed maximum image sharpness and great depth of field. As an outcome, weston’s contact patterns of his oceano outlooks have a sparkling precision of clarity in the highlights and a tonal richness in the shadows that make over the graceful topography into a spectacular visual puzzle that is at once highly comprehensive yet very abstract.
