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Article: Seeing nature: Ansel Adams in the human and natural environments of Yosemite.(Portz-Prize-Winning Essay, 2004)
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- Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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Wallace Stegner once hailed the legacy of Ansel Adams as bringing photography to the world of art as a unique "way of seeing." (1) What Adams saw through the lens of his camera, and what audiences see when looking at one of his photographs, does indeed constitute a particular way of seeing the world, a vision that is almost always connected to the natural environment. An Ansel Adams photograph evokes more than an aesthetic response to his work--it also stirs reflections about his involvement in the natural world that was so often his subject. Audiences experiencing his work participate in a deliberate conception of wilderness, the national parks, and especially Adams's ...
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Article: Yosemite camping fees are going up
Oakland Tribune;
November 24, 2005 ;
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... ... to $10. Prices at Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley and various backpackers ... according to the park service. Yosemite last raised camping fees in 2001. Other lodging in the park -- Camp Curry or Yosemite Lodge, for example -- is run ...
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