M O O N R I S E
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A late afternoon sun illuminates white crosses as
the moon rises over a small town, its church
and graveyard.
A N S E L A D A M S
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Preeminent American landscape photographer and
lifelong environmental activist Ansel Adams worked
to define the identity of the American west.
He shaped the imagery of mountain and desert
in black and white using his own personal lore.
C H U R C H
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The Taos tribe gave Adams permission to photograph
the San Geronimo Chapel in Taos Pueblo, a church
providing continuous Sunday sermons to the villagers
since 1850.
G E O R G I A O ' K E E F F E A N D O R V I L L E C O X
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Adams captures a moment of mischievous banter
between the painter Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox,
the head wrangler at Ghost Ranch, her favorite
New Mexico hangout.
B O U L D E R D A M
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The Interior Department funded Adams to photograph
this new Colorado River dam as well as scenes from
National Parks out west. The images provided
were to become giant murals for Federal buildings.
World War Two ended the project's funding.
The photos Adams provided sat, forgotten in the
National Archives over the next seventy years.
T H E T E T O N S A N D T H E S N A K E R I V E R
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This image was included in the payload
of the Voyager satellite, launched into
space in 1977. This gave extraterrestrials
of uncertain time and place, the opportunity
to enjoy the beauty of Earth along with us.
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