[Leica] Ansel

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

Out here in California, AA created a log jam with his work. Just about 
everything was judged against it. It stifled the creative atmosphere, 
and it kept other very venerable hands of the medium from getting their 
just do. This was due to the very narrow market for this kind of work. 
With AA saturating the market with prints geared to every level of 
sales, from lithos to finished prints, it left little room for the 
others.
Never mind that for the longest time, one's work was judged whether or 
not one was one of his associates from the seminar circuit.
S. Dimitrov



On Mar 6, 2005, at 5:16 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> Hey, I KNOW I'm in the minority. But keep in mind that the record 
> holder
> for photo book sales and calendar sales is that Australian woman who
> shoots babies as fruits and vegetables. :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Tom Schofield
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 8:12 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ansel
>
>
> I once heard that AA's annual sales were higher than all other
> photographic
> art sales.  I guess that would put you in the minority!  ;-) Tom
> Schofield
>
>> On 07/03/2005, at 9:27 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>>
>>> That's fine, if you consider Ansel a Saint. I don't. I consider him
>>> one of the great darkroom masters of all time, and a wonderful
>>> photographic technician/innovator (the Zone system, etc.). But when
>>> it comes to photography per se, I'm in that minority that consider
>>> him a purveyor of boring calendar art. ;-)
>>
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Slobodan Dimitrov
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