Ansel Adams is a photographer who is spoken about a lot. To many, especially landscape photographers, he’s a huge inspiration. Every snippet of information we see about his photographs or the man himself offers valuable insight. We learn more about who he was, how he worked, and his thought process. In this one hour and twenty two minute documentary, we learn more about Ansel and his work than in just about anything else I’ve seen. It’s an old documentary, but it’s recently become popular again online, and I thought I’d share it here with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvt1ImIKi0U
There’s so much information in this video that it’s impossible to try and lay it out here in a post. So, I’m not even going to try. But suffice to say, you should watch it. It goes into a lot of detail about his life, his journey, philosophy on photography, and his thought processes while shooting. If true, it’s something that seemed more in Ansel’s subconscious than an active effort. It’s fascinating to hear about how others perceive Ansel’s work vs how Ansel speaks of it himself. – Jonathan Spaulding, Biographer Ansel would even violently object to certain meanings and assertations that some would assign to his work. Especially anything of a profound religious nature. When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my mind’s eye something that is not literally there. – Ansel Adams Regardless of what meaning his work may have to each of us, he was a very interesting and talented guy. Of that, there is no doubt. [via Reddit]
