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    Ansel Adams, Street Photographer

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    “Photography is a complex and fluid medium, and its many factors are not applied in simple sequence. Rather, the process may be likened to the art of the juggler in keeping many balls in the air at one time!”

    Ansel Adams, from the introduction to The Negative - The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 2

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    OK. Adams is a great landscape photographer but honestly I am not really impressed with the photos. From a historical point of view I would agree that its interested that he had a different body of work. Just my thoughts.

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    Having grown up in the Los Angeles area, as did my mother, I find these photos facinating. I especially enjoyed #10 - the railroad crossing. Burbank sure doesn't look like THAT anymore.

    Thanks, Matt.
    "The richness of the experience that occurs when one is exposed tangibly to a subject, material, or process is unmatchable in the abstract... Thus, when 'touch it,' 'taste it,' smell it' become the watchwords, the results are most often extraordinary. Equally extraordinary are the lengths to which people will go to avoid [that] experience."

    — Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr., In Search of Excellence, 1982

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    Fascinating peek at life in the last century. Thanks for sharing the link.

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    Thanks for sharing the link. I believe it was early summer when I attended a show reflecting upon him and his work at the local art museum. I was pleasantly surprised to see a headshot of Ansel holding his new 35mm. It must be from a private collection as I can't seem to locate a copy on the internet to share. Anyway, thanks again Matt.

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    The train photo would have been much better without the telegraph pole growing out of the man's head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Caulfield View Post
    The train photo would have been much better without the telegraph pole growing out of the man's head.
    But that is the charm of a newbie doing street photography!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirius Glass View Post
    But that is the charm of a newbie doing street photography!

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    Yes. Good point, Steve.

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    Kevin, it certainly does stand out, that power pole that is, however if the photographer had waited until the pedestrian walked another half step, then the people who commissioned the photographer would have had the image of their buildings, severely restricted.

    This is pretty much the constraints one has when doing commercial work, the customer comes first.

    But that pole out of the head, is certainly a clanger.

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    Last edited by Mick Fagan; 10-31-2010 at 11:25 PM. Click to view previous post history. Reason: Changed a word.

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    I enjoyed those photographs none the less.

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