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| The numbers got all... Funny. |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Random old pics I like
All taken by me some time ago in composition, brought out to see the light now!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Ansel Adams Research
Extrapolated from biography: http://www.anseladams.com/anseladams_biography_s/51.htm
Ansel Adam's education was a struggle because of his early difficulty with social relations. He eventually acquired an education from the Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins school, which was probably comparable to completing eight grade. Despite this, his work and biography suggest he was indeed gifted with a creative and masterful mind.
Ironically enough, Ansel Adams became what this biographer dubbed a "communicator;" lecturing, writing, and promoting his photography. Most of this work advanced his goals as an ardent environmentalist. He held a particular fascination for Yosemite and other national parks, but focused on all this with a pure concern for the wilderness, opposing efforts "which had led to the over development of the national parks and their domination by private concessionaires."
In 1927, Ansel Adam's famous Face of the Half Dome ("Monolith") photograph was taken.
Adams consistently faced fiscal difficulty and financial worry during his life, from when his father lost most of the family's money in 1907 to later on, when Adams was known to work in excess of 18 hour days without weekends. To many, Adams was seen as the final person to capture conventional romantic art in photography, through his immersive use of (primarily) black and white landscape photography. Furthermore, a fun fact - although not so amusing for Adams - is that Ansel himself suffered a broken nose as a child from the great 1906 fire.
Ansel Adam's education was a struggle because of his early difficulty with social relations. He eventually acquired an education from the Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins school, which was probably comparable to completing eight grade. Despite this, his work and biography suggest he was indeed gifted with a creative and masterful mind.
Ironically enough, Ansel Adams became what this biographer dubbed a "communicator;" lecturing, writing, and promoting his photography. Most of this work advanced his goals as an ardent environmentalist. He held a particular fascination for Yosemite and other national parks, but focused on all this with a pure concern for the wilderness, opposing efforts "which had led to the over development of the national parks and their domination by private concessionaires."
In 1927, Ansel Adam's famous Face of the Half Dome ("Monolith") photograph was taken.
Adams consistently faced fiscal difficulty and financial worry during his life, from when his father lost most of the family's money in 1907 to later on, when Adams was known to work in excess of 18 hour days without weekends. To many, Adams was seen as the final person to capture conventional romantic art in photography, through his immersive use of (primarily) black and white landscape photography. Furthermore, a fun fact - although not so amusing for Adams - is that Ansel himself suffered a broken nose as a child from the great 1906 fire.
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| Here I have included an insufficiently small photo of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River. It's an Ansel Adams picture that I chose to share simply because it exemplifies a stark contrast between nature and mankind's attempted taming of it. Both of these features are commanding and powerful; in a sense they are foils of each other, although they also compliment one another through their opposing existence. This disparity is quite comparable to the differences that we try and create with black and white photography. |
Friday, December 2, 2011
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