If Ansel Adams were alive today, and in his prime, would he embrace and use digital cameras, Photoshop, and inkjet printing, or would he use traditional tools and processes?
If Ansel Adams were alive today, and in his prime, would he embrace and use digital cameras, Photoshop, and inkjet printing, or would he use traditional tools and processes?
Yes... read his autobiography to find out where he stood on that. Of course it was all theoretical in his lifetime.
"The thing that excites me is, that in not too many years we are going to have an entirely new medium of expression in the electronic image. So, I've seen what could happen to the print reproduced by the laser scanner and how that is enhanced and that is just the beginning. I've also seen some magnificent electronic images—direct electrical—not pictures of pictures and I know the potential is there and it's going to be wonderful."
https://www.thewanderinglensman.com/...e-digital.html
Yes, probably both
He was by no means a traditionalist and embraced technological advances - as he also mentions in this piece when talking about his legacy:
https://youtu.be/OwpOKBByav4
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Niels
He would have used an iPhone camera.
The series of images would have been titled, “Adams’ Apple”….
Lachlan.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky
If he were alive today he'd be more than 120 years old - probably wouldn't be doing much of anything!
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