Doesn't surprise me one bit. Ansel was very scientifically-minded. As was Minor
White.
I'm sure if he was with us today, he'd be shooting with digital equipment as
well as with his Hassy. He had a very open mind and innovative orientation.
-Stephen.
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:31:02 -0500
From: Ross Orr <voxbongo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] WWAD?
<SNIP>
It does sound like Ansel was a bit of a gadget freak--he seems to
have *tried* every conceivable camera and lens at least once,
including getting some freebies from manufacturers. He had a long
relationship with Edwin Land as a beta-tester for Polaroid materials.
But I just happened onto this quote, on pg. 59 of Ansel's "Examples:
The Making of 40 Photographs":
"I give full credit to the excellent scientists and technicians in
the photographic industry. [....] However very few photographic
manufacturing technicians comprehend photography as an art form, or
understand the kind of equipment the creative person requires. The
standards are improving in some areas, however: in my opinion, modern
lenses approach the highest possible levels of perfection, and
today's negative and printing materials are superior to anything I
have known and used in the past. I am sure the next step will be the
electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it."
[published 1983; he died in April '84.]
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