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A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
Environmentalist
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Photographer
Pianist
University Teacher
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San Francisco County
California
Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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