The year 2002 marks a symbolic milestone in the history of photography. A century ago, on February 20, 1902, Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco. (In an unusually good week for California creativity, John Steinbeck was born exactly seven days later in Salinas). A flurry of tributes, from books and documentary films to a record number of museum exhibitions, is currently honoring the centennial of America's favorite photographer. For many, he is the only photographer. The vision …showed first 75 words of 4096 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4096 total…that he selected for this exhibition would travel throughout the country long after his death and be seen by all. As a body of work, these prints illustrate Adams's concern that ";the dragons of demand have been kept at snarling distance by the St. Georges of conservation, but the menace remains. Only education can enlighten our people -150; education and its accompanying interpretation, and the seeking of resonances of understanding in the contemplation of Nature.";16