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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.

Ansel Adams

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