I've actually never been able to sincerely appreciate this image.
The foreground head stones give it but a minor bit of redemption.
Jack
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From: Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: For Ansel Adams birthday: All about Moonrisr Over Hernandez
I recently picked up a couple of used books on Ansel Adams ("The
Portfolios of Ansel Adams" and "Ansel Adams, Letters and Images
1916-1984") and I find a couple of things interesting regarding
"Moonrise" (which I'll call it for short).
1) Although the image was taken in late 1941 and clearly exhibited in
a museum in 1942, no one seems to mention what museum or exhibit it
was in (or the dates). At least that I have found.
2) Ansel makes a print of "Moonrise" and gives it as a gift to the
Newhalls at the holidays, 1948. In a letter to them in Jan. 1, 1949
Ansel says this:
"Do you like the Moonrise print? I think that for the first time I got
some feeling of tonal space. Previous prints have been too bleak and
cold."
While many people call it not only Ansel's finest, but perhaps the
finest photograph ever made, I don't think it would make the Top Ten
of those that I would choose, if I could pick one Ansel Adams print
for myself. Of course, I've never seen it Live and In Person.
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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