Yep. Anyone who has studied Ansel's darkroom methodology has to realize that he would have loved PhotoShop. Do I hear fifty layer files? Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > William Robb wrote: > > From: "Scott Loveless" > > > >> > http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/artic > le1343516.ece > > > > The last line is a hoot. > > > > "Do you think Ansell Adams would have used digital?" > > > > I believe in the last revamp of "The Negative" that Ansel edited before he > > died, he wrote about how exciting the age of digital was going to be, and > > how it would revolutionize photography. > > He wrote, knowing that he wouldn't live long enough to see the changes > > digital would bring to photography, but with a curious interest in the new > > technology, and a wistfulness that he wouldn't get a chance to see it > > mature. > > > > So yes, I am quite certain that Ansel Adams would have not only used > > digital, he would have embraced it, and I think digital would have been > > better off for it, in the same way that film was much improved by Ansels's > > advice to the film industry. > > Yep, I laughed at the ignorance of that line too. At the George Eastman > house you can see a video of Adams in the last years of his life, > working with students and talking about his enthusiasm for "electronic" > photography. At the time, it was analog, not digital (basically still > video), but he quite openly states that he sees it as the future and > he's clearly excited about it. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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