From: John (john@darkroompro.net)
Date: 04/22/02-11:20:41 AM Z
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:16:53 -0400, "Diana H. Bloomfield"
<dlhbloom@mindspring.com> wrote:
Hi John,
I didn't see this show, because I can't get PBS on my TV (because I
don't have cable, and so can only get 2 stations). But I think(?) the
Sierra Club was the producer of this show, so I doubt you'll get much
feedback from PBS. Though I think Ansel Adams was an amazing printer
and photographer, I think he and his work, over the years, have been so
over-exposed, that (sadly) I don't think people care much anymore. A
great deal of that over-exposure has come from the Sierra Club. I think
if I see one more Ansel Adams reproduction on a Sierra Club calendar,
I'll scream. Also, he spent a good deal of his life involved with the
Sierra Club, so I doubt he would be too disappointed with the show.
Again, I didn't see it--just my take on it. I did find this site:
http://www.sierraclub.org/ansel_adams/documentarydetails.asp which I
believe is about the show that was aired. As you can see, it is a
Sierra Club production--alll the way--so I'm not surprised by the slant
towards the Sierra Club, instead of on the photographer and his work.
--Diana
John wrote:
> Well I have received about 8 replies to this note but it
> seems that none went to the list ! I assume that if anyone wants
> to reply to me off-list that they would place the term "private"
> somewhere in the note.
>
> Now, should I post the replies or just notify the authors ?
>
> Regards
>
> John S. Douglas, Photographer
> http://www.darkroompro.net
>
> On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:48:50 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > For those who watched this "contribution" last night, I'm
> >just wondering if you found it as lacking as I did ?
> >
> > To be honest I'm writing a letter to PBS essentially
> >letting them know that they did Adams a great injustice in airing
> >what is essentially a an advertisement for the Sierra Club.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> > John S. Douglas, Photographer
> > http://www.darkroompro.net
> >
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : 05/01/02-11:43:30 AM Z CST