Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brett was nuts to burn his negatives.... If he wanted, he could have had his negatives sent to a University ( or other) , with the stipulation that they never be printed. He did get a lot of publicity for his actions, which may have been his only intent. Ansel sent his negatives off for others to use and study.... but his wishes were not followed... no one got to print his stuff to learn from. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net Brett Weston had to destroy his negatives to maintain the value of his prints. It was the only way he could assure the buyer of the one of a kind value of his acquisition.