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Pictorialism was a photographic term used to describe images that emphasized the artistic quality of the photograph rather than the scene it depicted. The movement's primary aim was to bring photography into the fine art realm.
At this time Weston renounced Pictorialism and began a period of transition, self-analysis and self-discipline while making voyages to Mexico, often with Modotti and one of his sons.
This work, with its dynamic arrangement of forms, succinctly illustrates, as Pound noted, how Coburn's Vortographs leapt beyond the "stale and suburban" style of pictorialism, freed the camera from the representation of reality, ...
This movement is called Pictorialism, often using soft focus for a dreamy, 'romantic' look.
 See also: Movement, Pictorial, Photography, Painting, Portrait
  
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