"Because your greatest work is of nature and deals with the eternal, you are accused of being 'Inhuman,' 'not interested in humanity,' 'oblivious to the GREAT issues of Today.' They don't realize that what takes their breath away when they look at your work is your profound expression of HUMAN emotion. That you touch the innermost spirit as few artists in any medium ever have."
Nancy Newhall, to Ansel Adams
"I still believe there is a real social significance in a rock - just as there is in a line of unemployed. For that opinion I am charged with inhumanity, unawareness."
Ansel Adams, to Edward Weston
"I agree with you that there is just as much 'social significance in a rock' as in 'a line of unemployed.' All depends on the seeing . . . If I have in some way awakened others to a broader conception of life - added significance and beauty to their lives - . . . then I have functioned, and am satisfied."
Edward Weston, to Ansel Adams
Photo: Wild plum blossoms against a backdrop of red rock, Lory State Park, CO, April 5, 2012
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