Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I was thinking of is John's most famous book "Quiet Light" http://www.photography.net/html/sexton.html . John is his own photographer for sure, but some of the Ansel Adams heritage can be seen in his work. John worked for Ansel 1979 to 1982 and lived only a few miles from him for many years. John lives in Carmel Valley and Ansel lived in the Carmel Highlands. Yes I met Ansel numerous times out in the field. But as I said, a genuinely nice guy who liked to talk about photography and the CA coast. I personally happen to like Ansel Adams display prints. I believe that they bring life and substance to what would otherwise be just another slab of granite, or another bend in the river. AA's Horseshoe bend in Green River is wonderful. Eggleston's bend in the road is circular file material. Photographs do not in any way have to be about something, they can "of" something with equal force. What would I choose to look at every day, a man jumping over a puddle or an Ansel Adams masterpiece? I'll choose AA for sure. Jim At 01:59 PM 12/4/00 -0500, Johnny Deadman wrote: > >You know, I haven't seen too many of his pictures, Jim. In particular I >haven't seen a copy of PLACES OF POWER. But the pictures I have seen seem to >exude a sense of genuine mystery and strangeness that I respond to. I guess >my only question, which seeing a book what probably answer, is whether the >pictures are genuinely mysterious or merely strange... but even if it is the >latter, a little strangeness is a good thing in my book. What do you think? >I know you met AA a few times, isn't that right? > >-- >Johnny Deadman > >http://www.pinkheadedbug.com