A series about books, photographers and artist that inspire my photography
Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West.
Imagining the final result of the print before making the exposure (he called this visualization) is one of his revolutionary theories about photography. Something I like to do when shooting landscapes. Although he referred printing to the old ‘wet’ darkroom and I use a digital darkroom; Photoshop.
Adams saw photography as a form of composing. The making of the print (darkroom or digital prossing) is like arranging and orchestration.
One of his famous quotes: ”Expression is more important than reality, idea more important than fact, the print more important than its subject. For it is only in the print that such magnificence can be unfailingly orchestrated.”
Imagining the final result of the print before making the exposure (he called this visualization) is one of his revolutionary theories about photography. Something I like to do when shooting landscapes. Although he referred printing to the old ‘wet’ darkroom and I use a digital darkroom; Photoshop.
Adams saw photography as a form of composing. The making of the print (darkroom or digital prossing) is like arranging and orchestration.
One of his famous quotes: ”Expression is more important than reality, idea more important than fact, the print more important than its subject. For it is only in the print that such magnificence can be unfailingly orchestrated.”
Nothing beats seeing an original Adams print in true format in a gallery of museum. But his work is really to expensive (thousands of dollars) for my living room. So I have several Books of his hand.
‘Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs’ is one of the best photography books ever published. A must have for every serious (landscape) photographer!
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