At 22 Ruth Bernhard left Germany for New York City and began to seriously pursue a career in photography. But it wasn't until 8 years later when she met her muse, Edward Weston that her perception of photography changed forever.
I was unprepared for the experience of seeing his pictures for the first time. It was overwhelming. It was lightning in the darkness . . . here before me was indisputable evidence of what I had thought possible -- an intensely vital artist whose medium was photography.
Bernhard worked primarily in black and white shooting the naked female form. Ansel Adams called her, "the greatest photographer of the nude". I happen to agree. She died in 2006 at 101 years old. Her glorious images will live on forever.
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