Fundación MAPFRE presents Edward Weston. The Matter of Forms, an exhibition devoted to over five decades of work by this American artist, one of the most influential figures in modern photography. Weston’s work, deeply rooted in the American landscape and cultural history, offer —through its extreme simplicity and originality— a unique perspective on the consolidation of photography as an art form and its prominent role in the context of modern visual culture. The exhibition is conceived as a retrospective spanning the different phases of the artist’s photographic production. From his early pictorialist influences to his establishment as a central figure in the affirmation of photography’s poetic and intellectual potential through the lens of straight photography. A pioneer of modern photographic style, Weston is known for his use of a large-format camera, creating richly detailed, sharply focused black-and-white images.