At one with the power ot the American lanscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve the country's wilde and scenic areas, both on film and hearth. 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 throught his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.
Adams had a rare gift : he was able to transform geographic reality into transcendent emotional experience.