That is sooo cool, Joseph.

Marnie aka Doe  :-)

In a message dated 4/16/2013 1:46:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[email protected] writes:
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






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