Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] AA or Uncle Earl?
From: red735i at earthlink.net (red735i at earthlink.net)
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:08:03 -0400 (EDT)
 
He did that before Moonrise sold for the better part of 3/4 of a million 
bucks....

Wonder what he wold do if he knew?


Frank


>
>I took a printing class with John Sexton, and remember him saying that 
>Ansel would keep famous prints that had some small defect.  An 
>unsuspecting student would show up and ask for a critique - Ansel would 
>study the print and ask someone to bring him his Moonrise for 
>comparison.  After a little more study he would announce that he would 
>never print again after seeing the student's work, and rip the Moonrise 
>to shreds.