I lived up at Lake Tahoe in the late 70s. And at one point I drove down to Big Sur to do some camping. At that time the federal government wanted to turn the Big Sur area into a national recreation area. But the people who lived there didn't want that at all and felt it was completely unnecessary. They felt that they had protected the area for hundreds of years and didn't really need the federal government to butt in. And one of the leaders against turning the area into a national recreation area was Ansel Adams, who lived in Carmel. I had visited Carmel often and loved this area with Point Lobos nearby. And I had studied many of the great photographers who lived there. And among them obviously was Edward Weston. But there were many more. And I was really into photography. At one point in the middle of the week I needed to do my laundry, so drove into Carmel. I found a laundromat and dry cleaners in a new mini mall. And when I arrived there was just one other person doing their laundry and the attendant. And then I was the only one with the attendant. And then the attendant said he had to leave for a minute but asked it I would please tell anyone that came by for dry cleaning to tell them he’d be right back. So that was fine. I continued to do my laundry and then at one point saw someone at the door and I looked up and...................... it was Ansel Adams! Completely blew me away! It was kind of like if you were really into rock music and John Lennon or Mick Jagger walked through the door. I told him that the attendant would be right back, and then said, rather lamely, it was really cool to see him . He just kind of grimaced and backed out the door. He wasn't really into the whole famous celebrity thing. A private person. I thought about it after and thought I should have asked him about the national recreation area issue. My starstruck moment! :)
Irving Penn, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Frank, Weegee, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Weston (especially his platinum prints like Neil), Lee Friedlander, Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Dorothea Lange, Margaret Burke-White, Stieglitz, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Walker Evans, Arnold Newman, Karsh, Lazlo Moholy Nagy, Paul Strand, Steichen, Harry Callahan, Jerry Uelsmann, Larry Clark, my mentor Roger Mertin (best known for his work “Plastic Love Dream” in MOMA, one man show at the Eastman House when he was 22-24 moved from 35mm to 8x10), his mentor Minor White. I saw your comment on where you asked what would you like see. These are off the top of my head.
Great list! And I might add Minor White, Wynn Bullock, Marion Post-Walcott, Arthur Rothstien, Josef Sudek, David Plowden, and W Eugene Smith for starters.
Thanks for all the work you put in these videos. So glad to have found this channel and subscribed right away. Waiting to see the work of many other photographers from around the world added here. Hope you can showcase Martin Chambi's work in the series. He was an indigenous Peruvian photographer and I find his work as inspiring as Ansel Adams'.
The master of Zone System technique and big format camera !❤❤❤
I lived up at Lake Tahoe in the late 70s. And at one point I drove down to Big Sur to do some camping. At that time the federal government wanted to turn the Big Sur area into a national recreation area. But the people who lived there didn't want that at all and felt it was completely unnecessary. They felt that they had protected the area for hundreds of years and didn't really need the federal government to butt in. And one of the leaders against turning the area into a national recreation area was Ansel Adams, who lived in Carmel.
I had visited Carmel often and loved this area with Point Lobos nearby. And I had studied many of the great photographers who lived there. And among them obviously was Edward Weston. But there were many more. And I was really into photography.
At one point in the middle of the week I needed to do my laundry, so drove into Carmel. I found a laundromat and dry cleaners in a new mini mall. And when I arrived there was just one other person doing their laundry and the attendant. And then I was the only one with the attendant. And then the attendant said he had to leave for a minute but asked it I would please tell anyone that came by for dry cleaning to tell them he’d be right back. So that was fine. I continued to do my laundry and then at one point saw someone at the door and I looked up and...................... it was Ansel Adams! Completely blew me away! It was kind of like if you were really into rock music and John Lennon or Mick Jagger walked through the door. I told him that the attendant would be right back, and then said, rather lamely, it was really cool to see him . He just kind of grimaced and backed out the door. He wasn't really into the whole famous celebrity thing. A private person. I thought about it after and thought I should have asked him about the national recreation area issue. My starstruck moment! :)
I met Adams and his wife in Monterey in April 1982. Such a gentle, humble, friendly man, as was his wife, Virginia Best Adams.
Fantastic channel!
Irving Penn, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Frank, Weegee, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Weston (especially his platinum prints like Neil), Lee Friedlander, Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Dorothea Lange, Margaret Burke-White, Stieglitz, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Walker Evans, Arnold Newman, Karsh, Lazlo Moholy Nagy, Paul Strand, Steichen, Harry Callahan, Jerry Uelsmann, Larry Clark, my mentor Roger Mertin (best known for his work “Plastic Love Dream” in MOMA, one man show at the Eastman House when he was 22-24 moved from 35mm to 8x10), his mentor Minor White.
I saw your comment on where you asked what would you like see. These are off the top of my head.
Great list! And I might add Minor White, Wynn Bullock, Marion Post-Walcott, Arthur Rothstien, Josef Sudek, David Plowden, and W Eugene Smith for starters.
@@36on22 I do have Minor White; in the last sentence. He was my mentor, Roger Mertin’s mentor. We all lived in Rochester, NY.
@@kevinbuja8105 Thanks - I missed that when I read your list. Outstanding photographers from the golden years of photography.
Great job
Thanks for all the work you put in these videos. So glad to have found this channel and subscribed right away. Waiting to see the work of many other photographers from around the world added here. Hope you can showcase Martin Chambi's work in the series. He was an indigenous Peruvian photographer and I find his work as inspiring as Ansel Adams'.
Along with Fan Ho. The best.
Please make with Sebastião Salgado and Araquem Alcantara, two great Brazillians photographs