An hour film on the early Monterey, Calfornia photographers who were crucial to the development of modern photography. These include Edward and Brett Weston, Ansel Adams, Morley Baer, Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Wynn Bullock and many more. The film is narrated by Jack Lemmon and was his second-to-last job (the next day he recorded the narration for the feature film ``The Legend of Bagger Vance,'' and that was his last job). ``The Roots of California Photography'' was telecast regionally and nationally on PBS and is used for educational purposes by numerous museums. It continues to be telecast on Public Television stations.
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An hour film on the early Monterey, Calfornia photographers who were crucial to the development of modern photography. These include Edward and Brett Weston, Ansel Adams, Morley Baer, Dorothea Lange, Imogen Cunningham, Wynn Bullock and many more. The film is narrated by Jack Lemmon and was his second-to-last job (the next day he recorded the narration for the feature film ``The Legend of Bagger Vance,'' and that was his last job). ``The Roots of California Photography'' was telecast regionally and nationally on PBS and is used for educational purposes by numerous museums. It continues to be telecast on Public Television stations.
Getting this film done was a struggle. I finished the script and then we recorded Jack Lemmon doing the narration nearly a year before we had the funds to complete the filming and editing. We were very fortunate to have the talents of Mr. Lemmon, who was fighting cancer.