Ansel Adams in Color

Pool, Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, 1947
Describing one experience in the field, Adams wrote,
Ansel Adams

Pool, Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, 1947
Describing one experience in the field, Adams wrote, "I was camped in my car...usually sleeping on top of my car on the camera platform, which measured about 5x9 feet. Arising long before dawn, I made some coffee and reheated some beans, then gathered my equipment and started..."

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