Digital BW, The Print

In his bio, AA alluded to future generations using techniques to print his negs better than he (or his assistants) could.  My guess is that Gene Smith would have traded in his ferracyanide for Photoshop in a New York minute.  We'd probably have Richard Nixon looking down on Dr. Schweitzer by now...

  --Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Truman Prevatt 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 9:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Ah, the digital argument...


  Yes I have always respected AA's work and it will technically knock your 
  socks. While I have some of his books and even have a print hanging on 
  my wall, they are missing something - maybe passion. Adams was a master 
  technician - none better. He gave us some wonderful tools.

  I recently say a W Eugene Smith exhibit and there are many images burned 
  in my mind from that day. The man caught the passion with his camera. 
  The photos reach out and grab you. Not the greatest of all technicians, 
  but good enough.

  It would have been interesting to see how either of these master would 
  have approached the digital age.

  Truman

  Mark Hahn wrote:

  >Amen.
  >
  >...and on the flip side, I always leave an exhibition of AA's work in 
  >total awe of his technique, but without a single image burned into my 
  >brain.
  >
  >mark
  >
  >...
  >  
  >
  >>Vision and 
  >>technique - the mark of an artist.  However, Dylan did it only with 
  >>vision. Some say Cartier-Bression and Dorthea Lange did it without 
  >>technique. With images as powerful as they captured, does a blocked 
  >>highlight or dumped shadow detail make much difference?
  >>    
  >>
  >...
  >
  >
  >  
  >



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