Adams referred to his friend Westin as the greatest photographer of his day. Very energetic dynamic person.
Jack --- On Mon, 4/5/10, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > From: steve harley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Short Trip > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 4:18 PM > On 2010-04-05 16:41 , Jack Davis > wrote: > > The wife and I are going to the Monterey, CA area for > a couple days. Will be "hunting" in an area from Moss > Landing in the north to Point Lobos in the south. Point > Lobos is just south of Carmel, CA. and a spot made famous by > Ansel Adams and his cohort, Edward Westin. Hallowed ground! > > i have been reading _The Day Books of Edward Westin, Vol. > II_ and am at the point in it where he has lived in Carmel > for several months; the book might seem slow to some, but i > find it really fascinating his introspection and > descriptions of process (much of his photography done with > what he called his "$5 lens"), as well as his descriptions > of those with whom he socialized and philandered > > > > -- 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. > -- 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.
