[Leica]Adams, Rowell, reality

["Dan S" <dstate1@hotmail.com>]

Adams showed us the difference between reality and elegant representation.  
His quest was to translate the majesty of nature into a 2 dimensional 
format.

If reality is the goal, color slides for a science class will suffice.
The higher goal is to communicate the emotional as well as the actual.  It 
is the difference between art and documentation, and I think it applies to 
all variations of photography.  I find Rowell's work to be glamorous 
documentation.  Weston, Adams etc. elevate the natural to the supernatural 
without corrupting it.


> >Dave Yoder wrote:
> >>
> >> Actually, after all the filtering and oppressive burning done to Adams'
> >> prints, I have a hard time seeing anything remotely resembling what I 
>see in
> >> real, live nature. I'd have to give that edge to Rowell.
> >>
> >> Dave Yoder
> >>
> >> > Whose Yosemite do you find
> >> > the most "truthful" Adams or Rowell's?
> >

Jim Brick replied:

>Adams hands down! Sure as hell not Rowell. My problem with Rowell's
>photographs is that they are usually not sharp and compositionally
>deficient. He does have a few nice photographs. In all of my years of
>knowing him and looking at his work, it is obvious that these few gems are
>the result of dumb luck.

>
>
>
>Jim


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