This might be a bit "Muench-like" to say, but I would probably try to get something dramatic in the foreground to play off against the perfect background.
What is it that separates an Ansel Adams print from a Kodacolor postcard?
Still, I became tired, over time, seeing Ansel's "classic" shots over and over.
There was a small gallery in San Francisco years ago which had a number of prints that had never been shown previously. They reminded me of Eliot Porter, except they weren't in color.
ReplyDeleteThis might be a bit "Muench-like" to say, but I would probably try to get something dramatic
in the foreground to play off against the perfect background.
What is it that separates an Ansel Adams print from a Kodacolor postcard?
That question could be the subject of a - quite long - separate blog post.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a great fan of Muench, by the way.
ReplyDeleteHis images often seem "strained" for effect.
Ansel's images don't.
Still, I became tired, over time, seeing Ansel's "classic" shots over and over.
There was a small gallery in San Francisco years ago which had a number of prints that had never been
shown previously. They reminded me of Eliot Porter, except they weren't in color.
I have a book of Porter's earlier black and white images . . . very nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard, shooting landscapes, to avoid the Arizona Highways, Sierra Club calendar, National Geographic look. But what can you do?