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Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price
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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of timeless yet intimate grandeur, are the most compelling formations of their kind. We should not casually pass them by, for they are the very heart of the earth speaking to us.
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