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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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We all know the tragedy of the dustbowls, the cruel unforgivable erosions of the soil, the depletion of fish or game, and the shrinking of the noble forests. And we know that such catastrophes shrivel the spirit of the people... The wilderness is pushed back, man is everywhere. Solitude, so vital to the individual man, is almost nowhere.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price
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