Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Robert Adams
From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 09:41:26 -0500
References: <99962A62-09E8-11D7-A334-0003936D5D4A@twcny.rr.com>

I don't think Robert Adams pphotographs are beautiful, but they are
ineresting and often reflect a landscape that is torn, scarred or misshapen.
I have never seen any of his prints in person, which I'd like to do "before
ruling him out". I can see how he's easy to have doubts about.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica spotted in Magazine Now bashing Adams
Photographers


> tim - you're correct about Moonrise - it is the most financially
> successful print of AA.  It was a grab shot with literally a minute or
> two to spare.  The story goes that AA had only one plate left to shoot
> with, didn't have his light meter handy and based on his knowledge of
> all things Zone knew how to expose for the moon and hence the exposure
> was made - it is also true that the negative requires all that the
> darkroom person has to give in order to get the print that we know as
> moonrise - sort of negating the concept that his exposure was dead on.
>
> while we are on the OT topic of bashing photogs named adams ( could be
> a new web site but who has the time!) anyone have an opinion about
> robert Adams the landscape photog - i initially got interested in him
> because of a few good photos taken in and around the area that i lived
> in as a child.  After that everything else I've seen of his appears to
> be crap.  " thats just my opinion I could be wrong" - anyone else wish
> to take the bait?
>
> ernie nitka
>
> On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 10:13  PM, Tim Atherton wrote:
>
> >> I saw an original print of "Moonrise" at the AA Gallery in Curry
> >> Village in
> >
> > Moonrise is probably his most successful and least typical "Adams" like
> > shot - it was basically a "grab" shot (as much as you can with LF)
> > and, as I
> > recall, a difficult negative (not at all "pre-visualised").
> > Interesting that
> > it should be one of his best pictures.
> >
> > Maybe he should have loosened up a bit and dumped all the
> > pre-visualisation
> > and zone stuff and let it all hang out....
> >
> > tim
> >
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