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The Life of Ansel Adams “I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death. I believe man will obtain freedom of spirit of society, and therefore while man amidst the immense beauty of objective bodies, he must possess the capacity of self perfection and must observe and represent his world with full confidence. I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief. -Ansel Adams” Ansel Eaton Adams was born in 1902 into a wealthy family in San Francisco, California. He was originally training to become a concert pianist, but in 1916 after a trip to Yosemite National Park he decided to tu