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Re: the Newhalls.
Many Hawgsters should recognize why some published pix are tagged "Getty Archives" but I wonder how many would recognize the also common tag "MOMA/GEH" ? Hopefully, more than zero or two.

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Taking your great advice to heart, I fact checked it. Siri says it was Yogi Bear, but Alexa credits Ben Franklin. And Facebook, acoarst, says its Al Gore.

As is said down east "Ya . jest . caint . git . theah . from . heah."

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

At first glance, all the volumes of his photography textbooks seem irrelevant with digital photography, but the foundations of the art remain sound--visualize what you want and blend technical skill with your artistic aspiration. He was spokesman for Polaroid (presumably for a good fee), which obviously meant approaching zone theory a different way--a way somewhat like our digital controls of light levels carried over from life to photo.

I have yet to see a print from digital imagery, even in black and white, that approaches the rich blacks and delicate highlights of a fine art film print such as Moonrise. The first time I saw one of those made by Adams, I did not know about him or the picture, but stood mesmerized for 5 or 10 minutes in a gallery.

Of course, often all we see from digital photography are pictures on a screen, and screens do not come near to the affect of the finest paper prints from large negatives.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

Glad to hear from you again.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

!st, did you ever eat Brundige Sausage? Next, do I know you? LOL!

levinton

Nope

levinton

Nope but I notced that Woodrow Brundige died at 95 so sausage must be good for you!

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Woodrow was my father in law. My husband was Joe, owner/manager for 26 years. He passed 4 years ago and I moved to Al 3 years ago. I was not allowed to tell anyone that I didn't like sausage at all. LOL! Brother-in-law owned Fulton Decorating on Lake St. Nephew owns it now. I really miss Fulton/SF.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

No on the sausage. I believe we exchanged remarks when I first joined this forum a decade ago.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

We may have. A decade ago, I still lived there (SF). You still remember a decade ago??? LOL!

Bohica Loc: SE Coast of NC

I've heard he did but never saw any but B&W and sepia toned. From what I've heard his color wasn't very good and only now with computer tech can the be reliably printed, but why? When his B&W was so fantastic? His Yellowstone pics were what got me interested in photography, and I still prefer B&W.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

I forget.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Ellen101 Loc: Manhattan NY ..now Spring Hill, Fl

I do like your concept of "Capture a situation in a photo.." That's what a true artist ascribes for.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

I like it too, but capturing suggests it is taken as it is, like putting a wild animal in a cage to look at, whereas the artist uses what is, to create what isn't, yes? Much of photography may be what is called illustration rather than art, but some photography--using technology, skill, and inspiration, makes an image that sees beyond the obvious (or even the visible). The artist might select one feature of a scene and isolate it, emphasize it, change it in color, shape, perspective, brightness, even sharpness. (A photo may even be modern art.) An illustration shows what anybody can see, while art shows what the artist contributes as a vision the artist had in mind. Certainly most people driving past Hernandez at moonrise did not see something important to create. Naturally the degree of illustration and the degree of art vary greatly when a photograph is made.
One part of the mind is passive and absorbs the world around us in perception, but but there is also an active part of mind (Aristotle called it "nous") that projects itself into the world around us (for instance making order out of a complex situation, or classifying things as alike or different in some intelligent way, etc.) Illustration is perception, while art is the work of nous. But even illustration may inject some art into it, the way the illustrator Norman Rockwell did in making illustrations. Adams called it visualizing the image you want to create out of a view.