From: Lisa Reddig (lisa@julianrichards.com)
Date: 04/22/02-01:23:49 PM Z
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Marsh" <redcloud54@earthlink.net>
To: "Lisa Reddig" <lisa@julianrichards.com>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: American Experience: Ansel Adams
> Probably get some hoots about this, but I have fond feelings about
> Ansel, because many years ago, when I was first starting out, he really
> inspired me. I was really into the landscape, and showing it in an
> idealized form. I'm not into that anymore, but Ansel booted me into the
> whole thing.
>
> Then I was lucky enough to meet him at his 82nd birthday party, and he
> was such a sweet mellow guy, totally untouched by fame. It sort of
> cemented him in my pantheon of influences.
>
> I don't give a damn about the Sierra Club, or any of the million other
> parasites that have sought to use AA for their own selfish reasons. To
> me he will always be that soft spoken guy from California with the
> amazing darkroom.
>
> Bill
>
> Lisa Reddig wrote:
> >
> > Well here is what I already sent to John
> >
> > I only caught the last part when Ansel was over 70. And the one thing I
> > talked to myself about (actually I was talking to the TV) was how much
that
> > Sierra Club guy was spouting his own agenda (talking through an orafice
that
> > I shall not mention) and making it seem like it all came from Ansel.
For
> > all I know Adams could have been a hardcore nature conserver guy, but it
all
> > sounded very Sierra Club propoganda to me. Just for the record I am not
> > fond of all the hype around Ansel, but he makes pretty pictures don't
he?
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John" <john@darkroompro.net>
> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:48 AM
> > Subject: American Experience: Ansel Adams
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
>
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