Mark Roberts wrote: > > Ann Sanfedele > > >Who was it that made the flip remark (well, maybe not flip) > >that his photos were "postcards"? this came up over dinner > >with friends who were excedingly reverential toward Adams. My > >recollection was it was another photog of some standing. Also > >thoght we had been discussing that quote _here_ recently, but > >my gray cells may be fooling me. > > I don't know if it was discussed here, but I've noticed that it's become > very fashionable in some circles to diss Ansel Adams. The preferred technique, > for those who are interested, is, upon mention of his name, to sniff and > say "Yes, he was a fine *printmaker*, I suppose", so as to downplay his > artistic ability whilst maintaining a level of credibility by not dismissing > him totally. > Funny, I didn't know you were listening to that dinner convesation ! :)
Best, ann > By the way, last year's Ansel Adems et al exhibit here in Rochester last > year was very nice and included quite a few rarely-seen photos of his which > were quite un-typical. Some architectural studies of the University of Rochester > campus among them. Because they were intended for book publication, they > were also printed quite (deliberately) differently from his exhibition prints. > Very interesting. > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
