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Old 10-14-2009, 05:48 AM
 
Location: on top of a mountain
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Sadly a lot of photographers as artist are not considered "great" until after their death!!
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Old 10-14-2009, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Barrow, Alaska
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Sadly a lot of photographers as artist are not considered "great" until after their death!!
Historically that has been true of painters, but not photographers.

Most photographers that have risen to the level where they are commonly thought of as "great" got that recognition due to self promotion. Ansel Adams is the epitome example. Not that Adams and others aren't great photographers, just that they made sure everyone else was aware of it while they were alive. (Cartier-Bresson, Eisenstadt, Avedon, Lange, Weston, Evans, Strand, Stieglitz, or take our pick.)
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Old 10-14-2009, 10:04 AM
 
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Historically that has been true of painters, but not photographers.

Most photographers that have risen to the level where they are commonly thought of as "great" got that recognition due to self promotion. Ansel Adams is the epitome example. Not that Adams and others aren't great photographers, just that they made sure everyone else was aware of it while they were alive. (Cartier-Bresson, Eisenstadt, Avedon, Lange, Weston, Evans, Strand, Stieglitz, or take our pick.)
should have been clearer on this one...even Ansel Adams and others you mention...most of their photo's considered mediocre after their deaths became considered great!! yes they all were self promoted!!
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Old 10-14-2009, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Barrow, Alaska
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should have been clearer on this one...even Ansel Adams and others you mention...most of their photo's considered mediocre after their deaths became considered great!! yes they all were self promoted!!
I don't think that any of Ansel Adams photos were considered "mediocre" while he was alive. Even as far back as the 1930's Adams was recognized for what he was. By the time he was an old man, he was literally idolized.

The same is basically true of the entire list that I named. They were all recognized within their lifetime. Walker Evans (a depression era photographer hired by the Farm Security Administration) is probably the only one of the bunch whose fame has grown after his death. (Not that he wasn't well known before hand though...)
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Old 10-14-2009, 01:07 PM
 
Location: AK
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some photos my wife and i have taken this year:


























that's kind of a "best of," i guess.
many of those photos are literally from the front yard. some are from other places.
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Old 10-14-2009, 01:40 PM
 
Location: Lots of sun and palm trees with occasional hurricane :)
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What beooooootiful, wonderful pictures!
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Old 10-14-2009, 01:41 PM
 
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Jon...where in Western Alaska are you...nice pictures and from the front yard waaahoooo!!
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Old 10-14-2009, 02:23 PM
 
Location: AK
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i'm kind of hesitant to say where i live! not sure if i want to turn this into a tourist destination.

i'll bet there are a couple folks on here that know, or can figure it out with a little help from the photos...
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Old 10-14-2009, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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I know I know I know!!!!!
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Old 10-14-2009, 03:16 PM
 
Location: on top of a mountain
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i'm kind of hesitant to say where i live! not sure if i want to turn this into a tourist destination.

i'll bet there are a couple folks on here that know, or can figure it out with a little help from the photos...
jeezz as Met would say....not a touron here....then PM me with it ....we have land in Kenai but not sure that is where we'll live forever!! Retirement for us means, being out there somewhere!!
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