Ansell Adams exhibition in London until April

You have to go and see an Adams print in real life people.. you must!


..then again, you'll forever hate your digital cameras and lust after large format film if you do.. be warned.
 
im on this like a fat boy in a pie shop :) thanks for the link.
 
Pookeyhead said:
You have to go and see an Adams print in real life people.. you must!


..then again, you'll forever hate your digital cameras and lust after large format film if you do.. be warned.
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i have to agree


THATS A BIG WOW.
this is one i must go and see,untill you see these prints for real you wont believe the depths and tones a photo can have.
this is one photographer i would say is equal to a artist.
he used to hike up the mountains with a massive tripod,even bigger plate camera and sometimes wait days for the right light.
i have 4 of his books detailing the hows and whys,even in this digital age a inspiration..
 
straycat said:
i have to agree


THATS A BIG WOW.
this is one i must go and see,untill you see these prints for real you wont believe the depths and tones a photo can have.
this is one photographer i would say is equal to a artist.
he used to hike up the mountains with a massive tripod,even bigger plate camera and sometimes wait days for the right light.
i have 4 of his books detailing the hows and whys,even in this digital age a inspiration..
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Yes, I am a great admirer of his work. Have been for a long time.
 
All over it like a tramp on chips
 
This is on my doorstep!

If you are going I suggest a walk around the naval college, then over to the cutty sark then up to the union pub for some of the best beer and food you will get in london.
 
Looking forward to getting to this, thanks for the alert.
 
Jonzilla said:
I wonder what Ansel would be able to accomplish with todays cameras
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Not as much in terms of quality.. not much can rival large format film, even now. A IQ180 back can get close, but still not there.

In terms of image processing... loads! He'd have loved it too. In the year of his death he wrote about being very excited about the then new, and still experimental subject of digital imaging.
 
Ebilpirate said:
This is on my doorstep!

If you are going I suggest a walk around the naval college, then over to the cutty sark then up to the union pub for some of the best beer and food you will get in london.
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thanks for the tip
 
Oooooh, I'm going to have to go check this out! I may be going to a gig at the O2 in a few weeks, and this would be a good reason to head out to Greenwich early.
 
Glad you're all looking forward to it. Let us know what it's like. I won't be able to get down until after Christmas :'(. John
 
Thank you very much for that. I hadn't seen it but I will be planning a nice overnighter in London with the missus to take this in. It'll likely cost me the price of a show in the evening but a small price to pay to see this :-)
 
Thanks for the headsup! will defo be planning a trip to see those.
 
danny_bhoy said:
The National Maritime Museam have actually set up a Flickr group specifically for the exhibition. Got one of my B&W shots added to it yesterday :-)

From what I can gather, the Museum are going to pick a selection of the shots from the group to add to a digital diplay at the exhibition itself.

Worth a look.
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Yep, they invited one of my pics on Flickr and decided to take them up on it. Judging by the tags it seems its been 'liked' via the digital display at the exhibition.
 
Musicman said:
Yep, they invited one of my pics on Flickr and decided to take them up on it. Judging by the tags it seems its been 'liked' via the digital display at the exhibition.
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I seem to be getting half a dozen activity messages from Flickr every day saying my photo has been tagged by The Museum. Looks like the tags are just random letters/numbers.

Are we to assume this means the pics have been used in the digital display? That would be pretty immense.
 
there was a post made on the flickr group explaining what each of the tags mean. Ive got a few ticking over on mine. I guess there's just a few terminals in a gallery there for people to browse over. Would be nice to have them projected onto a wall though :D
 
Just in the Greenwich Union pub having a pint of Adnams and a steak and ale pie, both yummy

The Ansel Adams exhibition is, in a word, wow! An absolute privilege to see these works of art. I was captivated by the result of the hard work and determination that went in to firstly capturing the image and then the dedication in producing the prints.

Each image had so much to tell. Never once was my eye led out of the frame, composition was amazing. Each image had a balance, a way in and through the view tot the subject....... Truly inspiring.

If you get the chance, go see it :thumbs:
 
Mmm! might just have to go visiting relatives even though I don't like them.
 
Went to see the Ansel Adams exhibition at the National Maritime Museum yesterday. Well worth the £7 entry fee. There are about 100 original prints (and one copy) on display. These range from tiny 3'x2' prints from his early years spent on the headlands around San Francisco to some huge wall size prints from his National Park's images.

I spent about 2 hours there, and could easily have stretched that to 2½ if I'd had more time available. At the end of the exhibits there is a 10 minute excerpt from a BBC(?) documentary with Adams, explaining a little about his approach to his work and his thoughts for the then future of digital photography - which is now our present. He also had a few comments for those of us who have ever used exposure bracketing :(

People who have submitted to the flickr group, and wonder what is happening to their pictures may be interested to know that near the end there is a touch screen with the flickr images displayed, and visitors are asked to touch images which they find particularly appealing, or which they think are accurate representations of the Adam's style.

It was excellent to see the images as the photographer intended. You may have seen these pictures in books, or in the poorly scanned copies that you'll find on the web. But these only hint at the power of the real images.

I was interested to see that Adams put as much effort into the printing as he did into the original capture, and I got the impression from the documentary that he'd have been a significant proponent of digital post processing, but only in an attempt to create as accurate a picture as possible. The other fact which I took away was that he would choose his location and then spend as much as 2 days waiting for the right light before finally taking the shot. If it was a really crucial image, then: "I might take two pictures in case the first one had a scratch on the negative" :)

But, when it all comes down to it, the main reason for visiting is the opportunity to see these pictures in the way that the photographer intended: at a proper size, and with sufficient time to appreciate them.
 
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pentaprison said:
Went to see the Ansel Adams exhibition at the National Maritime Museum yesterday. Well worth the £7 entry fee. There are about 100 original prints (and one copy) on display. These range from tiny 3'x2' prints from his early years spent on the headlands around San Francisco to some huge wall size prints from his National Park's images.
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Hi Dave

I am going this week, quick question, where there any queues to get in?. I am guessing not but don't want to spend ages queuing if I can avoid it by buying tickets beforehand.

I'm really looking forward to it.

David
 
Willid1 said:
Hi Dave

I am going this week, quick question, where there any queues to get in?. I am guessing not but don't want to spend ages queuing if I can avoid it by buying tickets beforehand.

I'm really looking forward to it.

David
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I went on Saturday morning, arriving at about 10:15, and like Nigel I encountered no queues. When I left at about 12:15 I overheard the man at the door telling people it "was starting to get busy in there.", but it didn't seem too bad to me.

I paid for my ticket over their website before I went, because I wanted to be sure that I wouldn't get there and find they had sold out. But this doesn't make getting in any quicker because you still have to go to the till to collect your actual ticket on arrival.
 
pentaprison said:
I went on Saturday morning, arriving at about 10:15, and like Nigel I encountered no queues. When I left at about 12:15 I overheard the man at the door telling people it "was starting to get busy in there.", but it didn't seem too bad to me.
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We must have been wandering around at the same time. Should have had my TP sign on so we could have had a chat and a meaningful debate about Ansel's work
 
I saw an exhibition of his work many years ago and seeing his prints "in the flesh" is a revelation. The luminosity of the highlights and richness of the shadows lends an almost 3D quality to his prints. Well worth seeing.

Mind you, when I got home I wanted to throw my kit away and take up fishing or golf :)
 
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