equatorjournal: Ansel Adams, Poplars, Mount Diablo, 1960. From the book “Singular images”, 1974. “An
equatorjournal: Ansel Adams, Poplars, Mount Diablo, 1960. From the book “Singular images”, 1974. “Ansel Adams is renowned not just as a great photographer, but also as a talented darkroom worker. If you have ever seen one of those comparisons showing a straight, unmanipulated print from one of his negatives alongside an exhibition print from the same negative, you’ll understand just how much his darkroom skills contributed to his photographs. The photographs in this book, however, were mostly shot with small format Polaroid instant print films. They were reproduced at actual size from the original instant prints, so no darkroom manipulation of any kind was possible. This gives us a chance to see just how capable Adams was simply as a photographer. The result is a collection of black & white images of surprising quality. A wide variety of subjects are included, and although the landscapes suffer a bit from the small reproduction size, there are some fine portraits, and the architectural studies are gorgeous…” https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiJgWCA6rl/?igshid=17lkx90bj2ir7 -- source link