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I N JUNE, 1916, A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS PARENTS EMBARKED FROM THEIR SAN FRANCISCO HOME ON A TWO- DAY JOURNEY THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY SET THE COURSE FOR THE TEENAGER'S LIFE. THAT VACATION ALSO PLANTED THE SEED THAT WOULD MATURE INTO ONE OF THE MOST CELE- BRATED AND INSPIRATIONAL ARTISTIC CAREERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THAT BOY WAS ANSEL ADAMS. THE DESTINATION WAS THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. Natural Light C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • H O L I D A Y 2 0 1 7 105 The Timeless Appeal of Ansel Adams B Y M I C H A E L C H AT F I E L D Photo: Cedric Wright, Adams Family Collection and the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust "At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both in film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution." ~ Remarks by President Jimmy Carter, June 9, 1980, upon presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ansel Adams.