3. Edward Weston: Edward Weston was born in Illinois in March of 1886 but made his home in California after a holiday there in 1906.With a camera that his father gave him when he was 9, Weston created avant-garde and simple creations. Mostly of household and very simple objects like food and landscapes. Weston had stretched his photography landscapes from around the world. From the Gobi Desert to the Yucatan he took multiple pictures until dying later on in 1958 of a blood-borne illness.