I would like to devote the next posts to the pictures that changed the world. Hope you will learn something new and extremely interesting reading’em. It’s so awesome to share such outstanding facts with somebody who is really interested in it!
Showing posts with label pure photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pure photography. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

“The Tetons and the Snake River” Ansel Adams, 1942

Many people believe that the epoch of photography can be divided into two parts: before Adams and after Adams. During the Pre-Adams period, photography was not even considered as an independent art. Photos looked like pictures with the help of various manipulations.
Adams refrain any manipulations with his pictures, declaring the art of photography as the “poetry of the reality”. His works proved the value of “pure photography”. When there appeared rather compact portable cameras he persistently stuck to the bulky equipment and old-fashioned wide-screen cameras.
Adams showed the Americans the beauty of their nature. In 1936 he made the series of pictures that were directed to Washington in order to help to save the Kings canyon in California. As a result, this area was declared a National Park.