On 4/28/2008 10:48 AM Dave spake thus:
> ____ wrote:
>
>> In article <xaudnanu2_5qPI7VnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> "Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Pico" <pico at idrailogid.ten> wrote
>>>
>>>> AA didn't trek far from the roads the roads. Enjoy!
>>> Wasn't that EW(?): "Anything more than 50ft from the road
>>> is not photogenic."
>>>
>>> From what I read, AA scrambled all over the place -
>>> mule in tow. Mule packing camera, glass plates,
>>> tripod, iron fry pan, 30 lb canvas tent, 20 lb axe,
>>> 2 dozen eggs, 5 lb bacon, sack of flour, sack of potatoes ...
>>
>> Brett Weston.
>>
>> "Anything more than 50ft from the road is not photogenic."
>
> Glad to see someone give credit to the correct Weston. I've pretty much
> lived (photographed) by his credo since my 8x10 days. At my current age
> and health I still adhere to it with my current DSLR "stuff".
Which of course doesn't make his (Weston's) assertion any less absurd. I
suppose in his case the only excuse one could make is that he was always
able to find photogenic stuff that close to the road.
I've stood in the very place where AA planted his tripod here in the
Berkeley hills (for his shots of UC Berkeley looking over the bay), and
believe me, it's a hell of a lot more than 50 feet from any road.
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