Hi Brad:
> Ansel Adams only released
> 12 photographs per year, no matter what he had.
Hum, he had lots of commercial assignments in his earlier days. Those sure
got released to clients. I suspect this statement is from the later decades
of his life when he hardly photographed and just released prints of earlier
work. BUT, keep in mind that he was making tons of reprints of his already
released works.
Imogen Cunningham was rather critical of his commercialism. Ansel had photos
on coffee cans, to which Imogen potted a plant in one to protest the hype that
they were "collectable."
It is interesting to note who folks list as favorite photographers. It's the
ones, for the most part, who are the most commercially successful. Artistic
talent, subject knowledge/empathy and technical expertise don't necessarily
equate with commercial acumen. I guess its our bias towards viewing things in
a capitalistic frame of reference.
Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV
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