On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Darren, > I think the only reason St. Ansel didn't shoot color is the amount of > post processing he did to his B&W photos. Color would have increased > the lab time exponentially. > Regards, Bob S.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1932762_1974606,00.html >From the book "Ansel in Color" Adams felt closest to black and white photography, which can be manipulated to produce a wide range of bold, expressive tones, and he felt constricted by the rigidity of the color process. "Art implies control of reality, for reality itself possesses no sense of the esthetic. Photography becomes an art when certain controls are applied..." In a 1962 essay describing his efforts in color, Adams noted the irony of our perceptions about the two media. "There is little or no 'reality' in the blacks, grays and whites of either the informational or expressive black-and-white image," he wrote, "and yet we have learned to interpret these values as meaningful and 'real.'" Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
