What a lot of people don't realize is that Adams, as you suggest, did a lot of different types of photography. He did a lot of advertising work, architectural photography, and portraits. Although he is remembered for his great scenics and for using a view camera, a lot of his work in that arena was done with a medium format camera - usually a Hasselblad. One famous scenic is Moon and Half Dome, taken in, IIRC, 1960 or 1962 at Yosemite. It was made with a 'blad and was cropped to a 2x3 format in the final print.
AA didn't always use a tripod, but he often did. In the early sixties, for example, he'd "go shooting" with Dorothea Lange, often up or down the coast from San Francisco, but sometimes "street shooting" in places like Richmond, California. Lange would be using her Pentax and Adams' his 'blad. Yes, by todays definition Lange and Adams were street shooters, photographing little vignettes of everyday life on the streets in towns around San Francisco. Whooda thunk it .... but 'tis true. It's amazing how some people get stereotyped as to the type of photography they do, and how they do it. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10/22/2004 7:34:39 PM > Subject: Re: Proper Exposure ( wasRe: Ricky's Kung Fu Pose) > > I read a book about Adams life a while back. Believe it or not there were a lot > of snapshots taken by him of friends and family with a hand held roll film > camera. He used everything from an 11x14 view camera on down to a minox. He > became fameous for a particular type of photo, but that was not the only thing > he did. Not by a long shot. > > -- > > Caveman wrote: > > > Ansel always had a tripod.
