Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, here's the excerpt in question, copyright by John Sexton etc., reproduce without permission (sorry): *** First of all I want to state that I have NOT seen any of the glass plates in question, nor have I seen any actual prints made from those negatives. I have however seen reproductions of many of the images since the first round of media coverage quite some time ago. I have looked at the statements claiming to verify that these negatives were indeed made by Ansel, but personally can find no ?proof? to indicate that such is the case. I do believe these images were made by a talented and competent photographer who, like many photographers then and now, was drawn to photograph places of great beauty like Yosemite. A friend or acquaintance of Ansel might even have made these images. *** Looks to be the opinion is more than "possible they were not." :-) On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:22 PM, <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > Richard, I have read the Sexton commentary..... he does not say thet were > NOT made by AA, just that it is possible they were not. BTW, for those not > on John's newsletter, he has stated that he has not inspected any of the > negs. > > He makes one very important argument... the plate holders markings ( or > shadows, if you will) would be unique to each and every plate holder, and > "embedded" in each plate. An examination of known negatives of AA and > these > of question, by someone who knows about such things, would say if they were > exposed by known AA plate holders. > > But, even if they were, there is no known way to proove that AA did > actually expose the negs..... and never will be. > > But, if you want to own a "Earl or AA" print (or is that "AA or Earl" > print?) , $7500 will get you one....and if it were an authentic AA neg, it > would probably be worth it, and if you actually like the image, it > definitely be worth it......and a digital print at $1000 or 1500 is > certinly > worth while...... > > Frank > > > > BTW, as far as I know, these are the only negs attributed ( by anyone)to AA > that exist outside the Trust.....or the Center where his negs now > reside...... > > > > > > >John Sexton, who was assistant to Ansel Adams, just sent out a newsletter > >disputing the validity. From the sound of it, it looks like he wrote that > >before the Uncle Earl revelation. His biggest argument? Adams would have > >made prints, but none exists for these 65 plates, which is > uncharacteristic > >of Adams. > > > >I think Case Closed. I wonder if "Taken By Uncle Earl" will become a new > >photography lexicon. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]