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nsel Adams said that the photographic negative was like a composer’s score, and the print
Aa performance. As home of the Ansel Adams Archive, the Center for Creative Photography
illustrates Adams’ meaning. This exhibition of 24 photographs features sets of two or three
prints that show how on different occasions Adams created varying interpretations from his
own negatives. The exhibition also features a small selection of prints that span the master’s
six-decade career to highlight his particular talent and sensitivity as a photographic printer.

Comparing more than one print from the same negative demonstrates Adams’ choices in
cropping, dodging and burning as well as overall contrast and brightness. Above all, these
comparisons show that Adams invested time and care in each handmade print, producing
interpretive artworks that come as much from his imagination as from the landscapes he
stood before.

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