Texture Mania. Flat Test Charts? Not a Chance.
If anyone is planning to be in Austin, Texas between August 31st and the end of the year, and still loves photography, the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin (where my students in the art department voted me most likely to order pizza!) is having a show of and about Ansel Adams. Not just about A.A. but also the people who were contemporaries, and successive generations that were influenced by him.
Here are the details:
It's free to the public.
As the HRC website says, the show will have prints by Ansel Adams as well as prints by his predecessors and the generations of photographers that he inspired/influenced etc. The HRC makes the best use of Texas Oil Money and huge endowments to do a really, really good job with their shows. Always well lit and well hung. Well worth the trip across town or from wherever.
I'm a fan of the spirit if not all the work. But I wouldn't miss the show because I might actually learn something that adds to my appreciation of his work. And the air conditioning in the HRC is arctic quality...
Bonus: once you get here for the Ansel Adam's show you can walk about three blocks Southwest and visit the Blanton Museum. Also on the UT campus. Make a day of it! Have some Tex-Mex for lunch in between.
Get in touch if you want and we'll all get Zoned Out together.
