Ansel Adams In Our Time @ the MFA Boston

February 23, 2019  •  Leave a Comment

Last week, I had the chance to sneak away for a whirlwind trip to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston to catch the Ansel Adams exhibit.  I wish that I had more time, but it was still well worth the 60 mi round trip excursion!  It's amazing to look at an 80 year-old black and white print, in some cases no larger than an 8x10, and as John Szarkowski, the Museum of Modern Art's former photography curator, described, "when you look at a good Ansel Adams photograph, you think you know the temperature, the relative humidity, the month."  To me it's just plain, good story-telling.  Fact or fiction, he compels you to keep reading.


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