[LargeFormat] Ansel Adams at 100

[Karl Wolz]

Ansel's work can be inspiring and intimidating.  You say that the two
different prints of the same image reflect his changing vision.  I believe
that they reflect his mastery of the darkroom end of his visualization, not
to mention improvements in paper and processes between the forties and the
seventies.  BTW, I saw the show in SF.

Karl Wolz

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Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:20 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Ansel Adams at 100


> Hi All,
>
> Well, I finally got my butt into Chicago to see the exhibit. It was well
> worth the trip traffic parking and such. I don't go downtown often as you
> might have guessed. In any case there was some amazing prints there.  I
was
> surprised to see some that appear to be 4x5 contacts. Perhaps they are not
> I'm not sure. It was also interesting to see some of the same print
printed
> at different times of his life this way seeing how his vision changed. The
> large prints of Yosemite were as you can imagine very impressive. All and
all
> it made me want to go into debt for an 8x10 camera. I know sounds silly
but
> true.  At the same time it made me feel that I should just sell it all as
I'm
> not sure I'll ever get that kind of results. I know he didn't have great
> shots all the time but when he did. I suppose I'll just keep plugging
along.
>
> Greg Orlando
>
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