Happy Birthday to Ansel Adams (February 20, 1902-April 22, 1984).
Ansel Adams was, I believe, the greatest landscape photographer that has ever lived and was also one of the country's most articulate conservationists. Ansel's images are often pointed to as being technically brilliant (and they were) but more than this his photographs sang with passion and drama born of a lifetime devoted to waiting for light and land to meet in wondrous instants. Thankfully for all photographers Ansel generously shared everything he learned along the way in his many
books. Here are the words of President Carter in presenting Ansel with the Presidential Medal of Freedom:
"At one with the power of the American landscape, and
renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work,
photographer Ansel Adams has been a visionary in his efforts to preserve
this country's wild and scenic areas, both on film and on Earth. Drawn
to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists
as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution.
It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has
been saved for future Americans."
Photo Courtesy www.anseladams.com
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