Bad Weather Makes For Good Photography.

We All Know The Tragedy Of The Dustbowls, The Cruel Unforgivable Erosions Of The Soil, The Depletion Of Fish Or Game, And The Shrinking Of The Noble Forests. And We Know That Such Catastrophes Shrivel The Spirit Of The People... The Wilderness Is Pushed Back, Man Is Everywhere. Solitude, So Vital To The Individual Man, Is Almost Nowhere.

It Is The Photographer, Not The Camera, That Is The Instrument.

In Wisdom Gathered Over Time I Have Found That Every Experience Is A Form Of Exploration.

Once Destroyed, Nature's Beauty Cannot Be Repurchased At Any Price

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.