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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.

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
Eternity
Move
Moving
Fringes
Sometimes
Vistas
Fringe
Fabric
Granted
Illusion

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