[Largeformat] Re: Attachments

[Doug Dreger <ddreger@ix.netcom.com>]

From: Doug Dreger <ddreger@ix.netcom.com>

I've been to this gallery, and it *is* truly amazing. It's the Andrew Smith
Gallery, on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe. My wife and I (both of us are
photographers) have never been "collectors", but seeing this gallery sure made
us want to start. They had dozens of framed originals displayed on the walls,
by AA, Weston, Strand, Steichen, etc., etc. Also plenty of more contemporary
work. We saw nothing we could afford to purchase . . . until a salesperson
pulled out some smaller, less known prints for us to see. Literally hundreds
and hundreds of prints, that they actually allowed us to flip through and
handle on our own. I went back a couple days later (we were on our honeymoon)
and bought a very nice photogravure of an image by Eva Watson-Schutze. It was
once mounted in a copy of Camera Work, and dates to about 1908. If you're ever
in New Mexico, this gallery is a must-see.

wd1346@airmail.net wrote:

> From: wd1346@airmail.net
>
> thanks Vic, for he further info.  I think Jeff cleared it up yesterday.
> Ansel Adams was a master in and out of the darkroom.  I will never be his
> caliber of a printer.  I am just glad to clear the question up.  So the
> conclusion is that he intensified the foreground of the negative and did a
> lot of manipulation and that gave us the incredible print we have today.
>
> btw there is a little shop off the main square in Sante Fe, New Mexico that
> has original images of all the great masters for sale.  They are right
> there in fron of your eyes (You can reach out and touch them...but please
> don't). All the gang is there from Henri Carier Bresson to Ansel.  I was
> pretty amazed.
>
> --Bill Debold
>