Ansel Adams in Color

Mauna Kea from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 1948
Adams felt closest to black and white photography, which can be manipulated to produce a wide range of bold, expressive
Ansel Adams

Mauna Kea from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 1948
Adams felt closest to black and white photography, which can be manipulated to produce a wide range of bold, expressive tones, and he felt constricted by the rigidity of the color process. "Art implies control of reality, for reality itself possesses no sense of the esthetic. Photography becomes an art when certain controls are applied..."

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