Another round of stories about purchased for $ 45 "negatives Ansel Adams» (Ansel Adams, 1902-1984) . Foundation, has the right to publish and distribute works photographer, sued the owner of images - Californian Rica Norsidzhyana (Rick Norsigian), having acquired them at "garage sale" in 2000. The Fund believes the negatives dubious and wants to ban Norsidzhyanu sell prints of them on your website (what he is doing is very active).

works in question represent the views of the famous Yosemite Park and California coastal landscapes. Experts to advise Norsidzhyana, found that they belong to the early period of the master. It is alleged that these are the works that were previously believed to be killed in a fire at his studio. Total cost estimated at negative $ 200 million. However, later it turned out that they made these sweeping pronouncements specialists in the world of photography in fact nobody knows ... Against Norsidzhyana made by the heirs of the photographer, in particular his great-grandson Matthew, who served as President of the Ansel Adams Gallery at Yosemite. They refuse to confirm the authenticity of the negatives, despite the fact that the recognition of authentic works promised them large profits (within 70 years after his death, the copyrights remain with his heirs). Oils added fuel to the flames, and a recent statement dweller Auckland Marion Walton (MarionWalton), reporting the almost complete similarity of one of the prints from images taken by her uncle, Earl . In general, it's quite possible that the price of the negatives still closer to $ 45 than to 200 million ...

Material prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com /culturemonster , artinvestment.ru