In the 1930s, Adams began to use his photographs in the cause of wilderness preservation. He was inspired by the increasing fault of Yosemite Valley by commercial development, including a pool hall, bowling alley, golf course, shops, and automobile traffic. He created a limited-edition book in 1938, Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. His book and his testimony before Congress played a huge role, and Congress designated the area as a National Park in 1940. “Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature.”-Ansel Adams, The Portfolios Of Ansel Adams. Then after the book he went back to
In the 1930s, Adams began to use his photographs in the cause of wilderness preservation. He was inspired by the increasing fault of Yosemite Valley by commercial development, including a pool hall, bowling alley, golf course, shops, and automobile traffic. He created a limited-edition book in 1938, Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. His book and his testimony before Congress played a huge role, and Congress designated the area as a National Park in 1940. “Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature.”-Ansel Adams, The Portfolios Of Ansel Adams. Then after the book he went back to