Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An excellent point! As film and lens technology advances 35mm is no longer considered a "miniture" format. Adams himself started using the "smaller" 6x6 format in response to the technological improvements that made it capable of the results he desired. Indeed he was a frequent user of 35mm, including R series Leicas near the end of his life. Choosing "between" Adams and the HCB/Salgado's of the world is thankfully a choice we dont have to make. I choose them all...I love the work of all these photographers because of the way I feel when I see their photos...not the particular method in which their work was achieved. Best Wishes Dan >As far a technique goes I know for a fact the results of shooting >filtered tri x with a 'Blad and a tripod that Adams gets and the results >of shooting filtered medium to slow films with a Leica M and a tripod >are not that if at all different. It's only one format away and its >still roll film and technology marches onward and upward. >As far as aesthetics go you could criticize Adams for being "cold, >barren, clinical" as Bruce Feldman does or you could criticize him for >being the opposite: overly dramatic, overly lush emotionally overblown >as others undoubably do as that's what much of his stuff could be seen >as verging on. It averages out in this case in my overblown opinion to >the vision of a great artist and craftsman whose subject matter is rural >instead of urban. > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com