Comments on: Ansel Adams' Lost Los Angeles

Ansel Adams' Lost Los Angeles

srboisvert — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:36:19 -0800

Ansel Adams' Lost Los Angeles. Flickr set

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:45:51 -0800

He really shouldn't post Ansel Adams images with a CC license on them. I'm sure the Ansel Adams folks will contact him to take them down anyway, as they are still under his copyright.

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:47:33 -0800

they're very low-res tho. I'm not a Adams fan, and these images didn't do much to change my opinion, but thanks for the post, it's interesting stuff

By: carsonb

carsonb — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:47:41 -0800

neat pictures. a friend of mine works the front desk at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona (where the Ansel Adams archive is housed) and complains constantly of people who demand WHERE'S THE ANSEL???

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:47:41 -0800

Dude sure knew how to make a sky look big.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:53:09 -0800

They don't particularly spectacular to me.

By: twsf

twsf — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:59:26 -0800

I love the "they're very low-res tho" justification for violating copyright... [/derail]

By: raedyn

raedyn — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:00:20 -0800

The story of how these images were discovered is neat.

By: raedyn

raedyn — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:00:55 -0800

And the story is interesting with or without the photos.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:22:50 -0800

Nice post. I liked the essay, and the whole set is an interesting look at LA in the 40s. I liked this one a lot, and I also liked the sign pleading for ~~world peace~~leaving Hitler alone from Anne Lindbergh.

By: normy

normy — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:32:00 -0800

It's an interesting bit of research that suggests Adams was right to stick to landscapes (I like the composition of the opening "No Parking" shot but, perhaps tellingly, it's a very static subject). This is only a small sample, but hints his talents didn't extend far in photojournalism. I'd guess he knew that and took this job to help pay the bills. It's curious how Adams has evolved (or been marketed, maybe) into some kind of photographic quasi-deity however, whilst the work for which he is famed occupies only a niche.

By: strawberryviagra

strawberryviagra — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:13:11 -0800

He's more of a photographer's photographer, and the respect is attributed more to his techniques (zone system) than his subject matter (in my opinion, as a photographer).