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Article: THE GREATNESS OF ANSEL ADAMS LACMA EXHIBIT TRACES PHOTOGRAPHER'S EVOLUTION FROM THE SUBTLE TO THE GRANDIOSE.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 9, 2003
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Byline: Phillip Zonkel Staff Writer
For many, Ansel Adams' work is seen on a large scale - black-and-white posters of such majestic scenes as ``Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico'' (1941), which shows a small glowing orb hanging above a ribbon of clouds over a darkening desert landscape.
Such panoramas have long been images of choice for those in the environmental movement. But as you walk through the exhibit ``Ansel Adams at 100'' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, you may be startled to see that many of the photos are hardly bigger than a postcard - as small as 5 by 6 inches. Yet the size doesn't diminish the power and artistic and spiritual vision ...