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

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MendoRider writes: 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.
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Switchback replies: What a great  story.  My wife, the Long Suffering Mrs. 
Switchback, and I met his son  several years ago at the PCTA meeting in 
Riverside, CA.  My wife is a  photographer too and it was a great treat for her 
to meet his son,  Michael.  He was a guest speaker at the  meeting.