Digital BW, The Print

> Considering all the various versions of "Moonrise---" 
> that I've seen (printed by AA) I'm not too sure about 
> his unerring previsualization.

I'm afraid this statement and the one before it betrays some confusion
of terms. Adams' technique called 'previsualization' was never
described (by him) as a method by which he could insure all future
prints from his negative were identical. Nor that the prints would be
exactly as he imagined at the time of exposure. Instead, it was a
technique whereby the necessary elements for an aesthetically
effective print of the scene could be captured in the negative at the
time of exposure, by imagining how such a print of the scene might look.

As for the prints themselves, his book "Examples" and his
correspondence make very clear that he intended his printing to evolve
according to both technical considerations (such as the availability
of new materials and processes as time passed), and his changing
aesthetic sensibilities.

I'm not suggesting we all have to like Adams' work; just saying that
we shouldn't press "previsualization" too hard....

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Jeff Medkeff
Eagle River, Alaska