Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:32 PM 11/22/1999 -0700, John Poirier wrote: >On the other hand, think about how many equipment freaks go through an >entire lifetime without producing one photograph as expressive as even >the average of Adams' well-known work. > > > > take the number of great AA images, divide by his years of photography, > > and > > > wince at how few they really are. This is pure hogwash anyway. He archived about 40,000 negatives, the majority of which will never see the light of day. Why? Because he was too busy making a living to print them. That's a tragedy. And to insult him with such a lame argument is truly pitiful if it wasn't so wrong. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.neteze.com/ewelch Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.