I Think We Can Not Categorize. Things

The Great Rocks Of Yosemite, Expressing Qualities Of Timeless Yet Intimate Grandeur, Are The Most Compelling Formations Of Their Kind. We Should Not Casually Pass Them By, For They Are The Very Heart Of The Earth Speaking To Us.

At One With The Power Of The American Landscape, And Renowned For The Patient Skill And Timeless Beauty Of His Work, Photographer Ansel Adams Has Been Visionary In His Efforts To Preserve This Country's Wild And Scenic Areas, Both In Film And On Earth. Drawn To The Beauty Of Nature's Monuments, He Is Regarded By Environmentalists As A Monument Himself, And By Photographers As A National Institution. It Is Through His Foresight And Fortitude That So Much Of America Has Been Saved For Future Americans.

Photography And Photographers Have An Inevitable Development. They Progress More Or Less By Steps. Every Five Or Ten Years Some New Point Of View Is Developed And Young People Are Inclined To Follow It.

In A Strict Sense Photography Can Never Be Abstract, For The Camera Is Incapable Of Synthetic Integration.

We Who Are Gathered Here May Represent A Particular Delete, Not Of Money And Power, But Of Concern For The Earth For The Earth's Sake.