Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for the correction, Eric. And, evidently I don't know so much about him as I hoped. Alf - -------------------------------------------------------------------- At 09:40 28.10.1997 -0600, you wrote: >At 09:36 AM, you wrote: > >>Ansel Adams MF pix are a loss, his LF pix are in the center of attraction, >etc. > >Alf, > >I was mostly agreeing with you, but this statement is not right. Ansel's >pictures that he shot with his Hasselblad - for example Half Dome with the >moon - were just as important and inspired as anything he did with 8X10. >His abilities, derived in no small part from his connection to music, not >camera equipment, transcended technique or hardware. His best portrait in >my estimation was done with a Contax rangefinder and 50mm lens.