On Apr 16, 2013, at 12:33 , Paul Stenquist wrote: > Ansel's BW images stand out as a result of his darkroom mastery.
Afraid I have to stand with Paul and Darren on this. I've been in Ansel's darkroom. He was a remarkable warm and friendly gent who, behind that persona, was a fussy old artist who knew what he wanted to show you when he took the shot. Even if it took hours to fuss over a single print with his dodging and burning tools, many of which were made specifically for that print. Once he nailed the drill, reading instructions, his assistants (sons) could reproduce his prints while he went on to shoot, give lectures, drink tea, and chat with his friends. I was just fortunate to be going to school in San Francisco 66-70, with Imogen Cunningham as one of my teachers, FSA and OWI photog John Collier another, who both just so happened to know Ansel pretty well. This is what they looked like while I was in school. Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham Awarding Jerry Uelsmann The Title of Honorary West Coast Photographer At Weston Beach, Point Lobos. http://www.tedorland.com/classic/aa_ic_ju.html John Collier portrait taken around 1968. http://americanimage.unm.edu/biography.html This photo of Imogen and Ansel was taken 5 years after I graduated and was back east in Massachusetts. http://phototechmag.com/the-zone-system/ All three are gone now, of course, but their names will live on forever in the history of photography. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- 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.
