Re: Ansel Adams - Yosemite

In article <VUKRj.13918$E77.5086@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Dave <dsphotog2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> > Dave wrote:
> > 
> >> PS - Spent over 2 years shooting from bedroom window due to health. 
> >> Restrictive? Yes, but what I could handle. Made a lot of pretty good
bird
> >> pictures. To each his own.
> >>
> > Did not Jimmy Stewart do that in "Rear Window"?
> > 
> > And in the world of reality, did not W. Eugene Smith do the same thing
in 
> > NYC?
> > 
> Yes, but Stewart was shooting Raymond Burr whom he suspected of having 
> murdered his (Burr's) wife. I only shot birds and squirrels. Not nearly 
> as exciting.
> 
> As for reality, I thought (think) that it was Alfred Stieglitz who shot 
> NYC streets from his window, but I certainly could be mistaken. (Being 
> one, I'm also a fan of Smith's work.)
> 
> Best,
> Dave

Stieglitz made awesome imagery from his studio window looking at the NY 
skyline and opposite windows of adjacent buildings. I believe they were 
platinum and platinum palladium prints which have and have depth of tone 
that silver prints are hard pressed to match.

-- 
Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back.