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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.

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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Beauty
Future
Water
Believe
People
Soil
Stones
Fate

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