Chapter 6. The Black and White on the Zone System
Without visualization, the Zone System is just a five-finger exercise.
—Ansel Adams
I believe that any discussion of black-and-white conversion techniques that does not contain a discussion of the Zone System is not a serious one. In the days of film, if you were a serious black-and-white photographer, you were a practitioner of the Zone System. To me, the Zone System is among the most inspired ideas in photography. If it were not for the Zone System and what has been a lifelong pursuit of perfecting its practice, I believe that I would not be the photographer I am today. I cannot repay the debt ...
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