On 12/26/13, 2:40 PM, Jan Faul wrote: > The best thing AA ever did for me was to tell me I would never become > a photographer. I'm sure that is true; you didn't become *his* type of photographer. But there are a lot of other folks that have different opinions of what a photographer is. I happen to love Adams' work; that has absolutely no bearing on Adams' bedside manner. This is, ironically, apparently something you and Adams have in common. Andrew On 12/26/13, 2:40 PM, Jan Faul wrote: > > > On Dec 26, 2013, at 5:16 PM, visfxsup wrote: > >> I might have when my father was at the workshops but I would have been >> between 5 and 8 when he was going every year. Im still going to trust >> willy and john about adams. I spent a lot of time with them. So >> between them and my father I am going to go with the gracious adams >> stories and not the jan version. > > Ansel was not a very nice guy to talented photographers coming along. > I’m glad you’re happy with sugarcoating his memories, as I am not. The > worst part about getting older and still having a good memory is that > kids like you come along behind and call us liars. He hated competitors > and if you could lift a 4x5, you were a competitor. > > The best thing AA ever did for me was to tell me I would never become a > photographer. > > > Art Faul > > The Artist Formerly Known as Prints > ------ > Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com> > Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com > Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com > Camera Works - The Washington Post > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm > ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ > > . > > > > >
