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Kim Weston

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Kim Weston is an American soul singer born in Detroit in 1939.

Her birth date, as recorded, falls in late December of that year — sources place it either on the twentieth or the thirtieth of the month. Detroit is documented as her birthplace, and she holds United States citizenship. Her occupation is identified both as musician and, more specifically, as soul singer, reflecting the genre with which she has been consistently associated throughout her career.

Soul has remained the defining genre of Weston's work as a musician and performer. Her identity as an artist is grounded in that association, which represents the most consistent thread in the available record of her life and career.

Quotes by Kim Weston

I don't think at that time I realized how important it was and how important it was for me to be here and carry on that legacy in our family of being a photographer.
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I don't think at that time I realized how important it was and how important it was for me to be here and carry on that legacy in our family of being a photographer.
If you're not going to tell something if you're not going to expose something it's real easy to go in and photograph from behind the camera and not expose any of your weaknesses.
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If you're not going to tell something if you're not going to expose something it's real easy to go in and photograph from behind the camera and not expose any of your weaknesses.
If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.
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If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.
I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.
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I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.
Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.
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Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.
To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.
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To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.
Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell.
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Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell.
It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process.
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It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process.
I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen.
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I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen.
I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.
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I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.
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