Word: sierras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Museum of Science is presenting a 20 year retrospective exhibit of Eliot Porter photographs in its Bradford Washburn Gallery. Porter, best known perhaps for his Sierra Club posters, is a master of the outdoors scene and his artistry is well attested to by the 70 color prints of landscapes which make up this show. Though the Museum has done a poor job of mounting and lighting these photographs, nothing can really dull the impact of Porter's sensuous colors or his ability to capture the unique detail...
...then he has become one of the most respected photographers and teachers in America, laden with honors and pursued by collectors. (His own selection of his work, with a foreword by Pulitzer Prizewinner Wallace Stegner, will be published by New York Graphic Society in September.) Adams, who joined the Sierra Club in 1920, has also had a substantial role in spreading the gospel of ecology and conservation...
...Government and industry insisted that some environmental laws should be amended to make them less tough on industry. Particular targets were the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Senate version of an anti-strip-mining bill that is still before Congress. Laurence I. Moss, then-president of the Sierra Club, argued that as better scientific data is gathered, the standard might well be stiffened. Moss also advocated including the costs of anti-pollution equipment in the price of energy. In fact, he said, the price of power should reflect all costs-from those caused by pollution damage (to crops...
...approach to life is still very much the same way," he says, surveying his own development. "I'm still very much community conscious. This is why I have never sought a career outside of Sierra Leone. The values I have are essentially African values...
What if he finds that he will never be able to return to Sierra Leona? "In that sad case," he says, "I will adopt another African country. I would go there, and do what I could in health and politics. There certainly is much to be done...