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Subject: [Leica] OT Ansel Adams exhibition
From: dorysrus at mindspring.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon Jul 26 17:54:26 2004

Julian,
I believe that your local keepers of the flame are a little out to
lunch.  If you ever go out to Yosemite you should go the Ansel Adams
Gallery by Mono Lake.  The gallery is owned by one of Ansel Adams
granddaughters and she has some absolutely stunning original prints
hanging in the stairwell and down in her restaurant.  They are in very
bright light even window light which would receive direct solar
exposure.

Also, a properly done gelatin silver print, toned as Adams did, is not
going to react to light.  Atmospheric pollution, fumes from gas heat,
and outgassing from improperly manufactured mat board could and do
damage silver prints.

Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Julian Koplen
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:16 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] OT Ansel Adams exhibition

Our local art museum is featuring an Ansel Adams print exhibit.  It was
disappointing.

The prints were illuminated with small spots or track-lights emitting a
soft
orange glow.  To my (aging) eyes, the exhibition was wasted.  All the
famous
tonality and subtle gradations were not visible to me under that
illumination.  When I gently mentioned this to the docent, she replied
that
"they" were being cautious, since "they" didn't wish to damage the
prints
with stronger light.

As I left the exhibit, very dissatisfied, I wondered what good is a
masterful black-and-white print, if no one can see it.

Question:  Is this the norm for exhibition of such original prints, or
are
my local museum keepers off base?  These were all b/w prints.

Thanks.............Julian


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