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It is all very beautiful and magical here - a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.

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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Bake
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Magical
Breathe
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