Ansel Adams Photos Found

**EdWorkman** · 27-Jul-2010, 10:57

There's another thread someplace about this, replete with a lawyer's message about how it's really really no really NO REALLY it's true cuz we asked the FBI and a whole bunch of experts that testified that SURPRISE!! these are really NO REALLY by Ansel.
hmmm experts in court cases, or potential cases, remind me of the Enron interview for prospective accountants
Enron;"How much is 2+2?";
Accountant "Whaddya want it to be?"

**W K Longcor** · 27-Jul-2010, 11:12

Originally Posted by Bill_1856

"The negative is the score, the print is the performance."
Just as Beethovan's 5th, performed by Spike Jones, would not be particularly valuable, so I presume that the negative plates, even if authentic, are worth more as historical documents than as wall hangings.
I hope they're real.

Actually - I would love to hear a recording of Beethovan's 5th by Spike Jones -- I'll bet it would be a hoot!

**Merg Ross** · 27-Jul-2010, 11:30

This thread is a continuation of an old story. Cedric Wright would be a good possibility as the photographer.

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ht=ansel+adams

**Bill_1856** · 27-Jul-2010, 12:09

Isn't one of the pictures AA standing atop a hill? That would mitigate against them being by him.

**John Bowen** · 27-Jul-2010, 12:41

If I had $5 for every client that walked into my office, noticed the photographs hanging on the wall and stated "they look JUST LIKE ANSEL ADAMS photographs," I'd be retired already. Maybe I should store them in my garage for a few years and have them declared to be worth $20 million......

Retirement, here I come :-)

**Allen in Montreal** · 27-Jul-2010, 12:47

Originally Posted by Sascha Welter

Uhm, how many more threads do we need about this?

Well, you know how the media works these days........
Get a story, beat it to death.
Don't have a story? Quick! Recycle something.

**Brian Ellis** · 27-Jul-2010, 20:01

Originally Posted by John Bowen

If I had $5 for every client that walked into my office, noticed the photographs hanging on the wall and stated "they look JUST LIKE ANSEL ADAMS photographs," I'd be retired already. Maybe I should store them in my garage for a few years and have them declared to be worth $20 million......

Retirement, here I come :-)

A young lady who worked in my firm came into my office one day, saw my b&w landscapes haning on the wall, and said "wow, are those by that guy Adam Ansel?"