Al Weber Photographer, Teacher 1930-2016 “I try to make a successful photograph of a common or oft seen subject- to bring forward the common, and make it uncommon with grace and simplicity and good craft. I’ve been photographing from the air since the 1950’s. I enjoy flying in a small airplane. I’m comfortable photographing through an open window or even with the door removed 1000 feet above the ground, at 125 mph. I prefer older planes as they fly slower. Many of these photographs were made from a 1946 Aeronca cruising at 65 mph..” -from an interview for the Center for Photographic Art. Carmel. Al Weber can best be characterized by a series of seeming dualities: Icon and iconoclast. Abrasive and refined. Informal and serious. Artist and technician. Educator and perennial student. Tough critic, generous confidence builder and champion of other photographers’ images. Center for Photographic Art. Carmel. |
Al Weber. © RR Jones. All rights reserved |
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The Lumière Gallery in Atlanta features this biography: Al Weber was born in Denver Colorado in 1930. He received an A.A. in photography and a B.A. in Eduction from the University of Denver and served as a Captain in the Marines during the Korean Conflict. After his military service he moved to the Monterey Peninsula and established himself as a commercial photograph. Weber’s career spans six decades. He is internationally recognized for the breadth of his work and contributions as a teacher and mentor. Weber’s images have been shown in over 200 exhibitions. An accomplished commercial photographer, his commissions include work for Time-Life, Fortune and Holiday magazines. Corporate clients include Dupont, Kaiser, International Harvester, Eastman Kodak, Polaroid and Hasselblad. His photographs are in the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, M. H. de Young Museum, UCLA, Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Ansel Adams Collection. Chronology (needs to be made accurate)
About this website: I am working with the family to produce this webpage and we are actively gathering material for this site and Al's archives. Please be in touch if
you can contribute recollections, photographs of Al and other information. |
Pictures of Al with Family, Friends and Students
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Al Weber Photographs (we intend to add galleries here) |
Al Weber on Video
(please send more video links) Al Weber Audio
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Photographs of Al
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Al Weber Books
Links Al's self-penned Obituary in the Monterey Herald. Written in 2011. 2001-2009 Al Weber Newsletters on line Some stills from a class visit in 2009 by Robert Caughron and an audio recording from that same visit by journalist Brian Barger. The Foundation for Photographic Preservation
Al Weber Previews his Retrospective Al Weber Remarks to Audience. Reno, NV 2011.
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Recollections (please give us a link to your thoughts, our write something and we will add it)
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Website by Stephen Johnson. Please contact Stephen Johnson at info@sjphoto.com for contributions of material.
Al's Photographs Copyright ©2022 by Al Weber. All Rights Reserved worldwide.
April 11, 2023