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You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.
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