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...view of Half Dome from the west ridge, which he caused "to look how it feels?a huge, monumental thing" by means of a dark red filter. "Visualization"?deciding in advance how a photo will look, rather than clicking away in the hope of a fortunate accident???is the essence of Adams' work. It is the difference between approaching a trout with a dry fly and dynamiting the brook...
...leading article of the first issue is by Isaac R. Pennypacker and is entitled The Lincoln Legend. It shows that until about 40 years before Abraham Lincoln entered public life, the Lincolns were a wealthy and distinguished family of ironmasters who spoke the king's English. By an accident???the fact that Lincoln's grandfather was killed by Indians when Lincoln's father was only six years old? the President was born poor. The article then goes on to argue that Lincoln was a poor general, none too good a judge of men, a shrewd politician...
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