No artist should be deified. They all have their limits. But Adams' clarification of the process earned him a special place in photographic history. Paul
T Rittenhouse wrote: > > I don't think any serious photographer will dis' Adams Now, the idiot's who > deify him, that is another matter. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: Ansel Adams at 100 postcards? > > > 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. > > > > 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 . - 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 .
