Saturday, February 12, 2011

Too much yak

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I dislike as much as anyone any implication that the Zone System is an esoteric end in itself. To begin with, I did not 'invent' it. It is a simple codification of sensitometry.... There is far too much 'yak' in photography. Too many people talk and write; too few make photographs of personal and enduring quality. (emphasis mine)


Ansel Adams, 1982

2 comments:

Lumen said...

Yeah... good and inspiring words of the great master ánd you!
Lets make real personal good pictures.
Nice tones of B&W in this one.
"so Ansel" ;-)

J. M. Golding said...

A wondAnd a erful commentary on tools (whether physical objects or ideas) and what they're for! And the textures in this photo are just beautiful - it's as time is frozen into deeper and deeper layers.