Ansel Adams in Color

pyroPrints.com · Oct-29-2009, 11:43 AM

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1932762_1974604,00.html?iid=digg_share

***Richard*** · Nov-07-2009, 01:44 AM

Interesting link. I have often wondered how many of the great B&W photographers would have preferred color if modern technology had been available to them. I'm quite sure Adams would have gone nuts with Photoshop.

***ian408*** · Nov-07-2009, 05:12 AM

Thanks for that.

It's interesting that I find Adam's color work to be just so-so. Perhaps it is because he could not manipulate color printing in the same way he did B&W? And I didn't find his compositions all that interesting either--many look average. The Livermore barn is, I think, still there (in more state of decay of course).

cabbey · Nov-09-2009, 03:19 PM

There was also a (way too) short article in the Smithsonian magazine this month on Adams in color.

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*Richard* Mildly bemused Join Date: May 2005 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 6,953	Interesting link. I have often wondered how many of the great B&W photographers would have preferred color if modern technology had been available to them. I'm quite sure Adams would have gone nuts with Photoshop. __________________ Richard Moderator, Street & PJ and Other Cool Shots forums My Stuff

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*ian408* More wag. Less Bark. Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,027	Thanks for that. It's interesting that I find Adam's color work to be just so-so. Perhaps it is because he could not manipulate color printing in the same way he did B&W? And I didn't find his compositions all that interesting either--many look average. The Livermore barn is, I think, still there (in more state of decay of course). __________________ Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?

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