Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] adams the myth - Yeth?
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 21:29:11 -0800

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

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