Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wasn't dismissing digital work, but I suspect that there are those who work digitally who have never entered a darkroom and who have almost no understanding of what it's like because we are living through the cusp of change at this very moment. Allan On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 04:16 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > You don't have to labor over an 8x10 neg in the darkroom to appreciate > Ansel > Adam's darkroom craft. All you have to have done is gone in a darkroom > once > and tried to print anything, and you understand what he was able to > accomplish. > > However, before you suggest that it's such a snap to make "perfectly > beautiful digital prints," I suggest that you don't know what's > involved in > doing that until you've spent "hours" in front of a monitor "trying to > get > a(n image) just right." It's done in daylight, and it's a dry process - > but > it is not a snap by any stretch of the imagination. Same kinds of > challenges; different set of tools. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Allan > Wafkowski > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:23 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams on PBS TV > > > As in anything, there are some people who can't appreciate a craft > without having the experience of having done it themselves. I think that > if you have spend hours in a darkroom trying to get a print just right, > you are better prepared to understand the excellence of Adam's work. > Perhaps it's confusing at this moment in time with the advent of the > digital "darkroom." One can make perfectly beautiful digital art and > still be unaware of the craft of the darkroom. > > Allan > > > On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 10:42 AM, Henry Ting wrote: >> He is both a craftsman and an artist who knows how to >> control the result he wants. It's an art he fine-tuned >> to a point that he has total control over his style. >> Now, not all people like his work, but there is no >> denying that he developed a style that is uniquely >> his. > > -- > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html