Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well - I do find most of the so called street photography incredibly sterile and predictable - mere snapshots - but Ansel Adams was an artist. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 22. huhtikuuta 2002 20:24 Aihe: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV >2002-04-22-12:51:02 B. D. Colen: >> I find myself in the somewhat unusual category of having great >> admiration for AA as a photo technician and "inventor," and very >> little regard for him as a "photographer." His development of the >> Zone System and his abilities as a manipulator of light, in the field >> and in the darkroom, were great technical achievements. That said, >> however, I find his photography sterile incredibly predictable. > >I'd hazard a guess that the category you describe above may have more >members than you think; you've done an excellent job of summing up >my reaction to AA's contributions as well. >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html