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Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort.

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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University Teacher
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San Francisco County
California
Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
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I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
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