[pct-l] After Action Report - Glen Dawson Visit

[Edward Anderson]

Hey Switchback,

I also enjoyed reading your post about your visit with Glen Dawson.  In your 
last  post you mentioned that Dawson knew Ansel  Adams. That brought back 
memories. While serving in the U.S. Army in 1959 I was stationed at Fort Ord on 
the Monterey Peninsula and living off-post with my wife in Carmel Village. One 
day I was photographing the sea from the golf course. A lady, who noticed that I 
was using a view camera, walked up to chat. When she said " you will have to 
meet Ansel" I was delighted. We had a great visit at the Adams home. We became 
friends and were invited to his home several times. He had an incredible 
darkroom.Through Ansel we met several other photographers who lived on the 
peninsula. We last visited Ansel in 1963 before we left for Europe. That was a 
great time to visit. Ansel and Nancy Newhall were working on a book for the 
Sierra Clubs Exhibit Format Series - what was really wonderful that day was that 
there were about 200 of his photographs spread all over the house. They were 
deciding which would be selected for the book.

MendoRider




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Subject: Re: [pct-l] After Action Report - Glen Dawson Visit

Shroomer writes: Great post and thanks for sharing  it.
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Switchback replies: Yes, it was lots of fun.  Also, Glen  Dawson showed us 
pictures of him take by Ansel Adams.  They are hanging on  his walls in his 
apartment.  He knew Adams well.  If you respect and  love history, you would 
have been in heaven with  him.
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