Talk:Ansel Adams

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Contents 1 assorted questions 2 Photographs 3 Fred Archer 4 Fiat Lux

[edit] assorted questions

I would really like to see a picture of Ansel Adams. :) Goodralph 12:32, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I am having trouble finding any documentation for Adams' supposed advocacy for nuclear fusion. The CCP does not list any fusion photographs or negatives in their archive. Unless someone pipes up I'm going to delete that reference. Will McW 23:56, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I can't find any either. Sure he was an environmentalist, but that doesn't mean he advocated nuclear fusion. So far as I can see, there are no documents to back up this claim and I'd remove the reference until something is found that can accurately support such a statement. — Aurora (Say hi!)[[]] 14:43, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

Need to mention that he was a regular contributor to Arizona Highways Magazine since 1946

[edit] Photographs

I've added an Adams photograph which is public domain, but not particularly representative of his work. Other Manzar Relocation Centre photographs can be found by going to http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query and searching for Ansel Adams. Some more characteristic National Park photographs are at the end of the list, but these are only shown with a very small thumbnail and a link indicating that they are probably copyright.

A more attractive image of 'The Tetons an Snake River' can be found at http://www.inkjetart.com/2450/48bit/page4.html That photograph was also obtained from the US National Archive from work Adams did for the US Department of the Interior. They make the claim that it is also in the public domain, but I was unable to verify that. If someone else can confirm it, it might be a better image to use. -- Solipsist 12:45, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Actually a better source is from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Picturing the Century exhibition at

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/picturing_the_century/portfolios/port_adams.html

but I still can't find much copyright information on these Adams photographs, though they were taken for the US gov. -- Solipsist 19:02, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

OK, I've finally solved this one, and uploaded a good version of The Tetons and Snake River to the Commons, with a source link indicating unrestricted use. Good introductory information on NARA's Adams collection can be found here. -- Solipsist 07:17, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

How about putting up a picture of the MAN HIMSELF?!!?!?

[edit] Fred Archer

Ansel Adams says in his autobiography that he and Fred Archer created the Zone System in 1940, so this could not be the Frederick Scott Archer previously linked from Fred Archer's name in this entry. The Fred Archer Ansel Adams refers to was a teacher at the Art Center College in Los Angeles, it seems, where Ansel Adams also taught. Everything is a bit confusing, however, since Ansel Adams didn't teach there until 1942.

Oops, that's my bad. It looked like a good fit (though I missed the dates). Thanks for catching it. -- Mwanner | Talk 01:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

No problemo SteveHopson 01:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fiat Lux

I saw the Fiat Lux exhibit at UC Irvine, sometime in 1989-91. I seem to remember that the photo collection was not published in 1967 or in 1968 (the actual centennial year) but was shelved as dissent swept the campuses. Only when the tour I saw occurred did Nancy Newhall supervise the creation of a companion book.

Also, Verne Stadtman (sp?) did put together a UC centennial history, with an Ansel Adams photo of the UC Berkeley campus on the dust jacket.

Am I close?

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