[Leica] Ansel

[ferider at yahoo.com (Der Eiserne Reiter)]

I cann't keep quiet on this one. Above my monitor, at work, I have a print of
AA (Rac Lake) and Stieglitz (A Ventian Canal) right next to each other. To 
me,
this is more than a question of talent, IMHO.

In my (engineering :-) mind a major part of art is using available tools to 
develop
a language to communicate sometimes non-trivial issues of importance
to a receiver (and I consider myself on the receiving end ...).

In the late 30s and early 40s, AA did exactly this, on the shoot and in the
darkroom. At least with me, much of his work deeply resonates. With respect 
to
tool usage, he did some good for Hasselblad.

I doubt the above is true for the likes of Kincaid (who produces what we call
in German "Kitsch"). What a marketing machine made out AA's work is a 
different
story. If he made money out of it - good for him, I read that AA had a hard
time financially in the beginning.

Maybe this is trivia, but here is an example link to some non-calendar Art 
work of AA:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aamhtml/aamhome.html

2 more cents ...

Roland.

--- Feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Isn't that a little harsh B.D.? AA's work may not be your cup of tea, 
> but
> it's hardly crap. I myself may not be a huge Adams fan, but he was an
> extremely talented man.
> 
> feli
> 
> On Mar 7, 2005, at 9:07 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
> > Well, first off - of course there were!
> >
> > Second, I, too, would like to have a body of work so universally 
> > revered
> > - I would just hope that mine, like that of, say, W. Eugene Smith,
> > Robert Capa, Richard Avedon, or Henri Cartier-Bresson was worth being
> > revered. (And NO - I am not saying that I am worthy to have even 
> > carried
> > their equipment. ;-) )
> > The sad reality is that far, far, far more people revere the paintings
> > of Keene, or of Kincaid, than have even HEARD of the photographers I've
> > just mentioned. Universal veneration does not quality make.:-)
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