Christopher Yates of the Columbus Dispatch wrote up a pretty nice piece on Ansel Adams work.
The Columbus Dispatch: “Adams was a Renaissance man: He was a photographer, musician, environmental activist, writer and teacher. His 10 books on photographic techniques and processes were some of the most influential texts on the subject. His ‘zone system,’ used for determining exposure and development times, gave photographers precise control of the medium.
A co-founder of Group f/64, he helped drive the West Coast’s ‘straight’ photography movement with artists such as Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham. F/64 refers to a lens aperture setting used to gain maximum sharpness of detail in the foreground and background.
‘Ansel Adams: Early Works’ at the Schumacher Gallery includes original photographs dating from the 1920s to the ’50s. The show includes pieces that are both familiar and unexpected.
Many are classic examples of Adams at his best. In Mount Williamson From Manzanar, a plain covered with boulders recedes to the base of distant mountains. Covering the mountains are feathery clouds highlighted by rays of sunlight. The scene is an ephemeral mix of textures real and unreal.”