D.H. Lawrence
©1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
D.H. Lawrence
by Edward Weston
gelatin silver print, 1924
9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. (243 mm x 193 mm)
Purchased, 2004
Primary Collection
NPG P1028
Sitterback to top
- David Herbert ('D.H.') Lawrence (1885-1930), Novelist and poet. Sitter in 18 portraits.
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The American photographer Weston photographed the British writer Lawrence in Mexico at a time when both were living in states of voluntary exile. Lawrence had left Britain shortly after the First World War during which time he had been harassed by the authorities for his political associations (his wife, Frieda Richthoven, was German) and candid writings about homosexuality. Lawrence travelled extensively and made three extended trips to Mexico where he met Weston, who was there with his mistress, the Italian photographer Tina Modotti. Weston shows Lawrence as he himself must have felt - wistful and beleaguered, yet defiant. Lawrence is possibly Weston’s only British subject.
Linked publicationsback to top
- 100 Photographs, 2018, p. 58 Read entry
The American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958) photographed the writer David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) in Mexico at a time when both were living in states of voluntary exile. Lawrence had left Britain shortly after the First World War, during which time he had been harassed by the authorities for his political associations (his wife, Frieda Richthoven, was German) and candid writings about homosexuality. Lawrence travelled widely and made three extended trips to Mexico, where he met Weston, who was there with his mistress, the Italian photographer Tina Modotti. Weston shows Lawrence as he himself must have felt - wistful and beleaguered, yet defiant.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- A Century of Photography, 1840-1940 (17 October 2016 - 29 October 2017)
Events of 1924back to top
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After narrowly winning the general election the previous year, Stanley Baldwin calls a vote of confidence at the opening of the new session of Parliament and is defeated. George V invited James Ramsay Macdonald to form a minority Labour government, making him the first Labour Prime Minister.Art and science
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