Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1934
"446 Mesa . . . Photographer Edward Weston moved here from Carmel in June, 1934, with three of his four sons, Brett, Cole, and Neal, and set up a portrait studio and a darkroom. He was soon joined by Charis, who was his model and whom he later married. Some of Edward Weston's most famous works were done here, many of them on the roof, including a nude of Charis with her head lowered, photographs of the sky and of vegetables. In 1937 Weston received a Guggenheim grant to photograph scenes across America. Charis and he camped along the way to spare expenses, and for the first three months Cole drove the car-nicknamed "Heimie" for Guggenheim. Weston received a second grant in 1938, after which he and Charis returned to Carmel. Meanwhile, Brett moved into a nearby house where he also set up a darkroom, and Cole left to go to school."