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September 9,2004 The Blue Banner Pages ft l'’’ ‘ Features sel Adams exhibit presents classic, breathtaking images PHEII by Emily Sarkissian Staff Reporter The Ansel Adams exhibition rrently at the Asheville Art useum displays images that al- ost pop off the paper and out ■ the frame. Adams, one of 'merica’s premier photogra- ers, mainly focused on the na- nal parks of the west, specifi- Jy Yosemite. The 79 images in is exhibit come from the Clas- c Images: From the Ansel lams Archive collection. “This exhibit is all hand eked (by Adams),” said layden Wilson, museum em- loyee. “They show his strongest >ork.” Adams picked some of his lost famous prints for the ex- hit, including “Monolith, The ce of the Half-Dome,” and loonrise, Hernandez, New lexico.” Both of these images printed several times in dif- rent ways that highlight the iriances that occur in printing 1 image from its original nega- ve. “It shows the progression and is technique shifting and tech- logy changing, as well,” said rdson. “Monolith, The Face of the ialf-Dome,” shot in 1927 and nted in 1927, 1928, 1939, 959 and once again between 972 and 1975. The biggest lange is from the 1928 print- igto the 1939 printing. The Iter print has fewer gray tones The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Collection Center for Creative Photography, the University of Arizona. ll own most ivinj 1 the fects, ngol 1973 ingei nf its IS go 1, sc- 1 was ’tde- lidni itratj laris and they •ede- very 1 his ;S io ition, : we : hat lack- lint.’ artol ingi c aiit ierriJ riest- e de- s Scot- t the and much more contrast. Every re production of the negative turned out a very different print. Ansel Adams describes this in terms of a relationship to music. “The negative is comparable to the composers score and the print to its performance,” said Adams in a quote displayed on the museum wall. “Each performance differs in subtle ways.” Adams’ work is famous for its clarity and contrast. In nearly all of the images a tiny flowet in a field is as vivid as a large rock. A1 the nuances of a mountainside are no ticeable and everything is in focus. He captured every detail. “I’m impressed how each one is so absolutely crisp,” said Cyndy Walker, nature photog rapher. “I don’t understand how he worked his shutter and aper ture to make them so sharp.” Part of the intrigue of Ansel Adams is the innovation he used for his time and place. “For his time, for what he was doing, he invented a whole style of photography that, I think, wasn’t happening then,” said Marcela Ashburn, senior inter disciplinary studies major. deal.” The exhibit, a hit for the Asheville Att Museum, started on July 9th and attendance to see the photographs still soars. The dim lights on the third floor of the mu seum make the room feel somewhat sub dued, but the lights have to be so low to as to prevent the fading of the pho tographs. “Ws’ve had a lot of people come in,” said Wilson. “We’ve been having in the hundreds, compared to in the tens.’ That’s why it was such a big Adams’ influence teaches not only photography, but the con servation arena, as well. He was a long time board member of the Sierra Club, and appointed to President Johnsons’ environ mental task force. “I think his commitment to being outdoors and his love of nature and persistence was pretty amazing,” said Ashburn. “He would literally sit with a camera on a tripod, for hours in the exact same location, waiting for the light to change. He would take a series of photos while the light was changing to get the perfect shot. So, he ob viously loved being outside.” Adams’ respect for nature gives his images a great deal of relevance and significance. As beautifiil as the places he shot appear, they constantly change and may even disappear. “For the young and for the fu ture, it will define something of great value from a former time, now lost, that must be tetrieved and reformed in different terms,” said John Zarkowski, author of the Ansel Adams book, “Classic Images.” The captured images give the impression that is, one can only imagine, exactly the image be fore Adams’ eyes. “He spent most of his time in the national parks,” said Erich Melville, museum employee and senior political science major. A1 the photos at the exhibi tion are silver gelatin prints, though Adams did produce some color photography. “All are black and white prints, which is pretty much what he was known for,” said Wilson. “But, he did about 3000 color prints.” The Asheville Art Museum is located at 2 South Pack Square Pack Place downtown. ■ The Ansel Adams exhibit runs through Oct. 24. m Admission $5 for students, $6 for adults. Sharks attack! Kind of. To UNC-A Students; Before You Party Way too Much, Grow Dreds, Make Unwise Tattoo Choices, Skip Class, Hike the A.T. Naked, Date the Wrong Person, Get That Pierced, Somehow Graduate, Try to Find Job, Realize that Nobody is Hiring People Without Experience, then Start Cruising Patton Ave. Come Experience Our Dinner Your Favorite Choice for Breakfast, Brunch and Late Night NOW OPENING FOR DINNER beginning September 7 th Hours 9am-3pm Tnes-Sun 5:30pm-10:30pin Tues-Sat 10:30pm-3ain Fri & Sat Closed Mondays 12 College Street (across from Pritchard Park) Asheville, NC 28801 (828) 255-4404 BY Maribeth Kiser Staff Reporter If you're looking for this season's shark movie, look no further than “Open Water,” but don't be sur prised if you want your money back. Shark lovers will benefit more staying home and tuning in to the Discovery Channel's “Shark Week.” “Open Water” brought in an ticipated hype after its success at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival, becoming a surprising hit at the box office. “Two ladies came up to me at the box office after the movie and said Well this is the worst movie we’ve seen, it wasn't worth our time,” said Jason Follett, an em ployee at Carmike Cinema in Asheville. “The scenery was really nice, painting a picture of people going to the island to escape their problems, it was awesome in that sense.” Produced on a low budget of $130,000, “Open Water” brought in $23 million since it's release in early August. “I want my money back,” said Scott Morehead, a recent UNCA graduate. The basic premise of the film involves certified divers, Daniel and Susan, who charter a boat for a short scuba dive, only to surface to find that boat had left them be hind, stranded in the middle of shark infested waters. “Personally, I wouldn't see it again, because there was no point to the movie,” said Follett. For the most part, “Open Water's” storyline keeps the couple drifting along the current to fight off jelly fish and hungry sharks. Not to mention battling dehydra tion, starvation and over exposure to the sun, making it hard to stay coherent. “The shark scenes weren't even that scary,”said Morehead. "There was a random nude scene with the female co-star, that was a redeem ing factor." Terrible acting, boring story lines, combined with shaky cin- PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN LAU Actors Daniel Travis and Susan Ryan swim with sharks while shooting the low budget indie film “Open Water.” ematography from the handheld, digital camera contributes to “Open Water’s” true value. “From what I've seen of it, it's too much like the ‘Blair Witch Project” said Jason Fox, Carmike Cinema employee. “With the camera shaking, I couldn't stand that movie.” With no twist, big change of events, or scenery for that matter, makes “Open Water” predictable for audiences. No hope for the couple in the middle of the ocean, as you watch their struggle, you can't help but put yourself in that scary situation, to think: What would I do? “Very boring, that would be the basically the way I would under stand it,” said Fox. “Two people floating in the water.” The shark scenes were intensi fied by the actors' real life fear of sharks, they didn't act for those scenes, using true feelings. “I wished they would hurry up and die already so I could leave,” said Travis Elliot, undecalred sophomore. Daniel Travis and Susan Ryan, fairly new to the film industry, played “Open Water’s” happy couple, Daniel and Susan. Travis and Ryan spent 120 hours in the water, tied in with the boat to keep from drifting out to sea. Sharks used in filming, re quired the cast and crew to wear chain mesh under their diving suits. The only interesting outcome of this film lies within the reality be hind it that inspired Chris Kentis to finance, write and direct “Open Water.” Kentis and wife, both experi enced scuba divers, took on the project and sold it to Lions Gate Films for $2.5 million after a suc cess at Sundance. Real-life scuba divers Tom and Eileen Lonergan, the basis of “Open Water,”created an interest ing and terrifying tale of the couple stranded at sea. One routine dive for the Lonergans became their last, after the boat left them in the middle of the ocean. “I think I would be terrified if I was left alone out in the middle of the ocean,” said Patrick Ragsdale, junior psychology major. A month later, a wet suit, pre sumably of Mrs. Lonergan, washed ashore. Apparently, the dive company miscalculated their head count be fore the boat left for land. Athough no one knows what actually happened to the couple, “Open Water’s” portrayal of what they went through leaves many au dience members feeling bored. Web sites and professionals, dedicated to detailing speculation of what might have happened to the missing couple at sea, contrib ute different perspectives. . ;• ■ ■it JV" ' K ‘
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