From: John Campbell (tojohn@texas.net)
Date: 04/22/02-11:25:42 PM Z
No, Ed-- I believe you are balanced in your maturity. And I, for one, am
grateful.
Let the children rail. Eventually they will see that beauty, longing, and
hope are all that matter. Ansel knew this,too--once he grew up.
I thought it a beautiful tribute to one who continues to define the art of
vision.
For decades I forged myself in opposition to my own father--believing us to
be oil and water, never to mix. Only in this lateness of life have I come
to understand that oil and water, when joined, define each other's shape.
Hola, Ansel--Grandfather.
The rest is drivel--intellectual, yes--and infinitely boring.
My best to all,
John
www.photogecko.com
"get the Gecko!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Buffaloe" <EdBuffaloe@unblinkingeye.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: American Experience: Ansel Adams
>
>
> > Having educated myself about photography by reading Ansel Adams' books,
> and
> > having read his autobiography and Alinder's biography as well, I thought
> it
> > was a decent piece for public consumption. It didn't cover up his
> > shortcomings as a husband or father, and I believe Ansel would have
> approved
> > of the Sierra Club's participation. He was a gung-ho Sierran. He was
> also
> > very proud to have been chosen to make the presidential portrait for
Jimmy
> > Carter, as well as to receive the Medal of Freedom. It seemed entirely
> > appropriate for the documentary to picture him as quintessentially
> American
> > since that is how I perceive him. Maybe I'm getting sentimental in my
old
> > age.
> > Ed Buffaloe http://unblinkingeye.com
> >
> >
>
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