Digital BW, The Print

At 01:04 PM 2/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Alan Zinn wrote:
> 
>> I think the confusion lies in that MW published the  "Zone System Manual  -
>> Ansel Adams Zone System as a Basis of intuitive Photography." (1967) He
>> based it on his experiences teaching it at MIT and RIT. Nowhere in the book
>> does he take credit for inventing it with Adams.
>> 
>> AZ
>
>Nor did anybody on this list say he did or should take credit for it, what I
>said was he was an early pioneer of it, in as much as Edward Weston and some
>others were. I don't see why that's so difficult for some to accept - (do we
>need to get into the semantics of the word "pioneer"?) - probably has
>something to do with the perception that Adams and Weston were gods and all
>others mere mortals.
>
>Todd
>
>

Geeze Todd, why get so het up - MW is sometimes, not surprisingly given the
popularity of the book, incorrectly given credit for developing it is the
simple point. One could maybe say he was a prominent pioneering popularizer
of the ZS. I wonder how many books he sold and how many editions?  I got
mine in '68.

AZ
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