Henry Wessel: California and the West Henry Wessel was born and raised on the east coast of the United States. Originally he had set out to follow a career in psychology here at Penn State. That is when he discovered photography and changed his career path. In 1969, Wessel left for the west coast to escape the ugly winter of New York. He became truly inspired by how the light in California was so opaque and cut through the sky. Wessel took still photographs as he happened upon different subjects. There is hardly any interaction between the subject and Wessel, and the subject varies. He photographed everything from plants, buildings, people, and wide landscapes. The way the light was hitting the subject is how each photo is obviously taken by Henry Wessel. He believed in being receptive, meaning that he didn't go look for things to happen, he simply paid attention and captured what came to him. In this collection of images most of them are oriented as landscapes...
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