At 11:57 PM 2/6/02 +0000, you wrote:
At 03:05 2/7/02, Winsor Crosby wrote:
I believe one of Adams' precepts was a successful artist must be a master
technician. No art is without its "science." I've heard remarks in the
past about his "trilogy" complaining that it doesn't cover anything (or
very, very little) about composition, only the technical. I don't believe
he intended his three volumes to be *everything* a photographer needed to
know and the "artistic" would be taught or acquired from other
sources. He periodically refers to "visualizing" without amplifying much
on the "what" or "how" regarding it.
-- John
I believe Ansel was very careful not to give too much direction on artistic
visualization so as not to stifle that of his readers. By teaching us the
technical aspect, we have the knowledge to go out into the world and
develop our own personal styles. All to often photographers become little
mirrors of those who taught them.
Charles
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