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Ansel Adams's Exhibit

The Ansel Adams's Exhibit has been running for several months now at the Eiteljorg Museum www.eiteljorg.org/ and while I've been intending to go for nearly as long as it has been open ... this was the last weekend and it forced me to get moving on it even though my summer cold had me wanting to stay home and in bed. This is Ansel Adams's photo of Georgia Totto O'Keeffe. He knew her well! There were many images available to buy at the Ansel Adams store, but this one really spoke to me. Unfortunately, shooting through the plastic wrap left some strange shadows, but I hope to get a better photo made before I frame this print. Ansel Adams was really a master of using low light and I would love to share some of the photos I saw today, but his
exhibit did not allow photography. I thought that was pretty humorous considering we were all there looking at photographs. To be fair they didn't allow photographs in the George Morrison Exhibit either ... which didn't bother me too much since I'm not a huge fan of modern art, but there were some collages made out of found wood which I found interesting.

8 comments

HaarFager said:

I once read a quote attributed to Ansel where he said that if he came up with one good photograph a year, he'd be happy. He was such a great photographer and a wiz in the darkroom. I really admired his darkroom ethic.
10 years ago

Indycaver (Norm) replied to HaarFager:

It really showed in his prints in the exhibit. The prints on display were all signed works by Ansel Adams.
10 years ago

Clickity Click said:

Would have enjoyed seeing this exhibit ... Ansel Adams lead the way in photography that's for sure. :) Hope you get better quickly ... summer colds are so annoying!
10 years ago

Indycaver (Norm) replied to Clickity Click:

Thanks Chris! I'm gaining ground on it, but it has been hard to get the girls to let me rest! :-) Ansel's work makes me want to get the darkroom going again. I should have just taken off from work and gone ... way too many people there Saturday to really enjoy it. I went through the exhibit twice, but the second time was worse than the first!
10 years ago

Don Sutherland said:

Very nice information. I hope that you enjoyed the exhibit.
10 years ago

Indycaver (Norm) replied to Don Sutherland:

Thanks Don! I did enjoy it!
10 years ago

Christel Ehretsmann said:

sounds interesting !
great photo
10 years ago

Indycaver (Norm) replied to Christel Ehretsmann:

It's a great little museum celebrating western art and artists.
10 years ago