Nature photography elicits a sense of hope for a better future.

"I am not afraid of beauty, of poetry, of sentiment. I think it is just as important to bring to people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a 'document' of ugliness, squalor, and despair. For every grim image of Harlem there should be some buoyant truthful image of a hopeful society and some image of the natural scene . . . Is there no way photography can be used to suggest a better life?"

Ansel Adams, responding to those who critiqued his work as having little social significance

Photo: Golden Columbines, Glacier National Park, MT; August 1, 2013

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