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The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.

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
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San Francisco County
California
Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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