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...ANSEL ADAMS is best known for his sweeping, almost unbelievable, landscapes. And while one admires his choice of subjects and skillful execution, one always wonders if he was not just a tad naive--if his view of the world was not a bit too rosy...
...Ansel Adams: The Early Years answers this critique by showcasing Adams's 1920's and 1930's photographs. Given Adams' later works, many of the ironic and unsettling photographs presented in this exhibit are surprising. At any rate, Ansel Adams: The Early Years succeeds both in demonstrating the evolution of Adams's style and in introducing new perspectives on his other works...
...Ansel Adams: The Early Years--an exhibition covering Adams' work from the 1920s to 1940s. At the Museum of Fine Arts at 465 Huntington Ave. in Boston until Dec. 29. Call 267-9300, ext. 446. A Commonwealth to Keep photo exhibit--on display through Friday at Doric Hall in the State House...
...writing about the feverish world of business, Janice slows down to smell the flowers. She pitches for TIME's championship softball team and rides her mountain bike around Central Park in the mornings. Castro's healthy proclivities are also apparent in her office, which is crammed with thriving plants, Ansel Adams photographs recycled from discarded calendars, baseball trophies and rolls of earth-friendly gift-wrapping paper. Amid the creative clutter on her desk: a bottle of spring water and a Slinky toy. "I use it sometimes to concentrate when I'm writing," Castro explains. "It seems to work...
...photographs of Ansel Adams are like national monuments on paper, more deeply embedded in the American consciousness than the actual places they depict. A new book combines his pictures and words to make a powerful case for the natural world that he loved...