Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adams re-interpreted many of his photos over the years, and many of them got more dramatic in the later versions. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 4/17/13 9:29 PM, "Dante Stella" <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: >I used to think that Adams' work in dorm room posters was exaggerated and >artificially accentuated, especially since when I was growing up, we had >a signed Moon over Half Dome hanging in our house (which by comparison >was a bit cream-colored and not so, ahem, "HDR" as the repros). But the >older I get, and the more I read about Adams, the more convinced I am >that he would have been a huge Lightroom fan... > >By the way, I've always felt that the issue with numbered editions is not >promising to do so few; it's the suggestion that you would promise to do >*so many* prints. > >Dante > >On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> My unfortunate example which implies an Edward Weston complicates and >>blurs >> the issue as his sons Cole and Brett did his prints after he was >>stricken >> with Parkinson's under his rather close supervision and they go for >>tens of >> thousands and no one complains. That kind of thing like this pretty much >> stands alone. Also my term" cranking out" does not fill the bill as >>you say >> as to make a serious print is not at all factory like and requires a >>lot of >> time and water and wasted paper. >> >> Ansel A. was excited by the idea that after he was dead people would be >> making prints from his not destroyed negs with "Laser beams." >> In other words technologies away from the tradition darkroom slodge and >> drudge. - involving stuff we can only imagine. >> It did not worry him that they may not in effect do the in effect >>dodging >> and burning right or if the executors of his estate lost money. >> I think as a result they made have made not lost money - you can scan >>one >> of his negs on the latest cutting edge scanner they'll invent tomorrow. >> This excites not offends me. And I'll gong to emulate that approached. >> Assuming that when the time comes anybody gives a rats ass about my >>body >> of work. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4/10/13 10:40 AM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Apr 10, 2013, at 4:14 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> Why buy Pepper #6 for huge bucks if the artist is still alive cranking >>>> them out? Or his son is? >>> >>> Except that "cranking out" dismisses the actual amount of time and >>>materials >>> required to make a print which its creator would actually sign. >>> >>> What is the total number of Pepper #6 prints in existence? >>> How many prints of Pepper #6 did Edward Weston make and sign himself? >>> How many did another family member make and sign? >>> >>> I'd guess that Pepper #6 prints >>> in fine condition >>> signed by a Weston >>> remain relatively rare. >>> Why? >>> Because it's not all that easy to make a fine print. >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information