Ansel Adams in Color
Ansel Adams
Church, Sunset, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, 1948
In a letter to Wally McGalliard about the image above, Adams wrote, "Thank you 10 9 x for the prints...You did a spectacular job with it. The old Kodachrome was pretty strong in purples, etc!!!"
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