Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I never had the opportunity to meet Ansel, but I suspect he knew how to have a good time. And, I respect his work immensely. Like others, in my now closed darkroom, I have a number of AA reproductions framed. This includes one on the wall behind the enlargers, that looks for all the world like he is looking over your shoulder. Ken Carney On 7/31/2010 5:04 PM, Richard Man wrote: > OMG, that would either boost the student's ego to 9th heaven, or they must > have thought that he has gone mad! :-) I hope he tell them the little trick > later though :-) > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Ken Carney<kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > > >> I took a printing class with John Sexton, and remember him saying that >> Ansel would keep famous prints that had some small defect. An >> unsuspecting >> student would show up and ask for a critique - Ansel would study the print >> and ask someone to bring him his Moonrise for comparison. After a little >> more study he would announce that he would never print again after seeing >> the student's work, and rip the Moonrise to shreds. How great would that >> be? >> >> Ken Carney >> >> >>