Complete the text using the correct form of words related to photography, dialogue, and legacy. Ansel Adams created the most recognizable art of the 20th century. The creation of this building in this centre was the culmination of a life's work. One of the things that we know about Ansel Adams is that people recognize the even if they're not that familiar with .

His skill is that he can capture it and perceive that this thing is happening, then envisioned in his mind what that would look like as a finished . They are very ephemeral; he's arrested a particular moment, just a fleeting moment that he's stopped and held for us within this . I look at these and I can feel the electricity in the air; I can smell what the desert smells like when the rain is falling.

He uses light in a way that really reveals information about the people he's the same way we might if we were looking at a of a fence or a pinecone. He's conveying that same kind of lush detail. I think Ansel Adams is a really important figure to understand in terms of the way in which he advocated for the media.

Ansel was always thinking of a Center for as somewhere where not only one could exhibit but there was studio space, there was study, there was inquiry and a sharing a going on. It was about the sustainability of an institution that could continuously be forward thinking.

We're the premier research collection for fine art and archives in North America. We promote of the enduring influence of on our society. So curators, scholars, enthusiasts, and themselves come from all over the world to do research here.

He helped us understand that was an art and he helped us understand that wilderness is a treasure. I think his was his advocacy. I think without his work, without his perseverance, would be looked at much differently than it is today.