A Review Of 'Collection' By Ansel Adams

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Although the speaker says that the description provided about Ansel Adams is true, the lecturer claims that are contradicting conclusions based on the information provided on the reading passage. Therefore, the speaker casts doubts on the evidences provided to support that the negatives found pertains to Ansel Adams' collection.

Firstly, while in reading passage it is stated that it was found a negative of leaning pine trees in a cliff, the speaker states that this landscape is very common and many photographers used to take photos of that. The speaker claims that the image of leaning pine trees is familiar for photographers visiting the Yoseminte National Park. Therefore, it is hard to proof that this specific photo was taken by Ansel Adams.

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