"Ansel Adams" plates found at garage sale

[Andrew O'Neill]

Hey, has anyone talked to Rondal Partridge, since he was helping save Adams' negatives from the darkroom fire? He's still alive, isn't he?

[David Karp]

See above. He is a friend of Merg Ross. Merg reports that Mr. Partridge told him that he does not believe that these are AA's photos.

[Merg Ross]

See above. He is a friend of Merg Ross. Merg reports that Mr. Partridge told him that he does not believe that these are AA's photos.

Slight correction, yes Ron is a friend going way back and, yes, he is alive at 93.

However, it was Norsigian who approached Ron with the photos and Ron's response is buried in a previous posting to this thread. In a nutshell, he dismissed the possibility that they were the work of Ansel. Not the answer that Norsigian wanted to hear.

[David Karp]

Slight correction, yes Ron is a friend going way back and, yes, he is alive at 93.

However, it was Norsigian who approached Ron with the photos and Ron's response is buried in a previous posting to this thread. In a nutshell, he dismissed the possibility that they were the work of Ansel. Not the answer that Norsigian wanted to hear.

Oops. Poor memory.

[Merg Ross]

Oops. Poor memory.

Dave, not poor memory,my poor writing skills. Ron's words were a quote from the original article, but not to me. However, he would tell me the same: "Not Ansel!" And it appears that he might just be correct in his analysis.

[gainer]

Wow, $200,000,000 worth of Adams negs or Uncle Earl...
http://www.ktvu.com/news/24432262/detail.html

[philip964]

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/07/29/...rently-solved/

This has the mouse over feature where you can immediately compare the photos.

[Darin Boville]

Oh my:

http://ricknorsigian.com/lost_report...ss_Release.pdf

--Darin

[ic-racer]

Oh my:

http://ricknorsigian.com/lost_report...ss_Release.pdf

--Darin

Why do they have any contact with Ansel Adams trust? These are Uncle Earl's negatives.

[Brian Ellis]

Dave, not poor memory,my poor writing skills. Ron's words were a quote from the original article, but not to me. However, he would tell me the same: "Not Ansel!" And it appears that he might just be correct in his analysis.

But why should we accept his word against that of all the experts Mr. Norsigian has lined up - after all, Rondel Partridge (sp?) is no burden of proof expert, nor does he likely have Patrick Alt's many years of experience - in woodworking.