“I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance.”
Ansel Adams · The Negative (1981), introduction to second edition
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Adams spent years tied to the Sierra Club, so this is no offhand gripe, and you can hear how tired he was of the fight.
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