Ansel Adams: The Black-and-White Master, in Color

[johnastovall]

"Adams is so identified with black and white that most people would be surprised to learn that he started to shoot in color soon after Kodachrome was invented in the mid-1930s and that by the time of his death in 1984 he had produced nearly 3,500 color images. Though he allowed some of those pictures to be published in his lifetime, he never printed them himself, or at least not for the public. He didn't believe that the color processes of his day could produce results to compare with the rich visual deliberation, the fine-grained luxuriance of his work in black and white. To put it bluntly, he didn't think he could control the outcome with color, and for Adams control over the artistic process meant everything. But he valued the richness of color transparencies, looked forward to the day when it would be possible to print them to his own high standards, and came close to producing a book about color theory and practice that would include some of his own work..."

Ansel Adams in Color....

[KJ Smith]

I thought most of his commercial work was in color.

He was a big supporter of Edwin Land & Polaroid. He loved its look.

And lets not forget Jimmy Carters official portrait is a 20 X 24 Polaroid done by Ansel.

[venchka]

...but can we forget Jimmy Carter?????????????????????

LOL!

The 20x24 Polaroid camera is alive and well and making portraits. Anybody can reserve the use of the camera. For a fee.

[dmora]

very cool.