In My Mind's Eye, I Visualize How

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 Visionary In His Efforts To Preserve This Country's Wild And Scenic Areas, Both In 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.

We Who Are Gathered Here May Represent A Particular Delete, Not Of Money And Power, But Of Concern For The Earth For The Earth's Sake.

The Technique Of 35mm Photography Appears Simple. One Is Beguiled By The Quick Viewing And Operation, And By The Very Questionable Inclination To Make Many Pictures With The Hope That Some Will Be Good.

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.

All I Can Do In My Writing Is To Stimulate A Certain Amount Of Thought, Clarify Some Technical Facts And Date My Work. But When I Preach Sharpness, Brilliancy, Scale, Etc., I Am Just Mouthing Words, Because No Words Can Really Describe Those Terms And Qualities It Takes The Actual Print To Say, “here It Is.