The American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958) began his career with the idea of earning a good living dedicating himself to commercial photography. But his dream was to take creative photographs. He achieved this, and became one of the most important photographers. Weston was one of the pioneers who a century ago broke away from the pictorialist tradition of photography to forge his own language. One of his most celebrated works is the image of a pepper transformed into an abstract motif. "It's a completely satisfying classic: a pepper, but more than a pepper. It has no psychological attributes, it doesn't arouse human emotions: this new pepper takes us beyond the world we know in the conscious mind," said the artist. "Weston was someone who was deeply dedicated to his art, and who at a certain point decided to live in very difficult conditions to pursue his dream," explains the exhibition's curator, researcher and professor Sérgio Mah. "In this, he is a very exceptional example for the times we live in," he adds.