This Aperture book, which was nominated for a National Book Award in Biography, has been praised by Hilton Kramer of ¿The New York Times¿ as ¿one of the best books about a great photographer.¿ Edward Weston was one of most original, gifted and influential American photographers. Author Ben Maddow has written a fine and loving -- but objective -- biography which ¿Art Direction¿ has called ¿one of the best portraits ever assembled of an American artist.¿ Photos.