"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

20 February 2017

Happy birthday, Adams.

Adams, Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958


Ansel Adams was born on this day in 1902.

Wilderness, or wildness, is a mystique.  A religion, an intense philosophy, a dream of ideal society—these are also mystiques.  As the fisherman depends upon the river, lakes and seas, and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.

Ansel Adams

American Experience: Ansel Adams

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