Misha883 opened this issue on Mar 24, 2002 ยท 4 posts
Misha883 posted Sun, 24 March 2002 at 8:37 PM
I went to the Adams at 100 show today. It was wonderful as you could likely guess. The show seemed very well attended. It did not seem to showcase Adams' best work (IMO), but rather showed how his work progressed over his career. Particularly interesting to me was showing side-by-side of images taken in the forties and printed then, and in the seventies. The written material seemed to imply that Adams "sold out" by making the images more dramatic and commercially acceptable. I liked both versions; but they are distinctly different. It has (almost) inspired me to drag out the old medium format. The show is traveling to London and Germany, before returning to California. Dates and stuff were in the original thread posted here a while ago. There is a catalog of the exhibition. A paperback one for $50, and a hardcover one for $150. [I splurged and bought the hardcover. Wonderful boxed large format. Tritones of every image. Silky paper...] Hewlett Packard is sponsoring the show. Wonder if anything will show up in printer ads?
Slynky posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 8:19 AM
Am I the only photographer who doesn't really care for Ansel Adams' work? Seemingly, I am. They're really nice and all, just not my bag I suppose.
Caledonia posted Mon, 25 March 2002 at 9:20 AM
Slynky, have you seen any work by Galen Rowell? I think he is incredible.
nplus posted Wed, 27 March 2002 at 3:56 PM
Hi everyone....freezing my ass off in Montana surfing using a 28.8k modem....weeeeeee! Ansel Adams is my personal photographic Hero...Slynky, I know A LOT of people who don't really care for Ansels work...or landscape photography for that matter....oh well each to his/her own.....It's a broad field out there. Galen Rowell is also extremely talented....used to be an auto mechanic. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few summers ago. Very nice and VERY helpful. Got myself a signed copy of "Mountain Light" and a full days worth of tips, techniques, and other helpful information. He produces,IMO, some of the most dramatic 35mm color landscapes out there. I reccommend checking out his work, if you ever get the chance. Oh yeah...Ansel wasn't just a landscape photographer....he has taken some really nice portraits too. And his work from the Manzanar Japanese relocation camp during the war are VERY powerful. Check out John Sexton too.