More Stuff To Which We May Not Get Around*

We like to make good-natured fun of Ansel Adams (really, just of one of his titles):

Moon Over Kentucky & Beside The Dog House

Here, however, we find Yosemite Boy working our urban side of the street, some 70 yrs. ago, sure, but hey.

An Ansel Adams photo called “The Pup” taken on Washington Boulevard.

Adams thought it was crap, but who was he to judge?

The U.S. was rearming for WWII and Adams was commissioned by "Fortune" to take photographs for an article about the L.A. aviation industry. He ended up taking more than 200 pictures but only a few appeared in the magazine story published in March 1941.

According to drkrm, Adams rediscovered these photos in the early 1960s at his home in Carmel and donated them to the Los Angeles Public Library. He sent them to the library with a letter that said:

"The weather was bad over a rather long period and none of the pictures were very good... I would imagine that they represent about $100.00 minimum value... At any event, I do not want them back."

Our source, or the gallery site.

Pretentious Pseudo-Authenticity Section

Now on display for the first time, the gallery will show silver-gelatin prints made from the original negatives of Adams' photos. They're not printed from a computer but done by hand in the darkroom.

"Just like Ansel would have done them," said Huckert.

The photos are also available for purchase with a portion of the money going towards the L.A. Public Library.

The opening reception is this Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. but the exhibit will be on display until Mar. 17 as part of the ongoing Pacific Standard Time series. Admission to drkrm is free and open to the public.

drkrm is located at 727 S. Spring Street in Gallery Row. Gallery hours are Wed.-Sat. from 12-6 p.m. and Sun. 12-4 p.m.

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*Busy time in the local world of stuff: Specifically the Weegee & Kenneth Anger deals at MoCA, there for just another two wks. Tough being an aesthete w/ agoraphobia.