Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Day 107 - Frederick library

This is the main entrance to the library named for C Burr Artz. This entrance is part of a renovation and expansion completed in 2002 that doubled the size of the library. The library greatly increased the use of computers and online access to data and other resources, however we can still borrow books! Marianne has posted a picture of the statue to the right of the steps and a view from the creek side of the building.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Day 106 - Literary photographer

Ansel Adams started taking photographs of Yosemite when he was 14. He grew up with the age of photography and was one of its major contributors. I have admired his photographs since I first saw them in Popular Photography when I was 9 or 10. I especially liked his pictures of the mountains in the western US. He was also a writer of books and articles on photography and preservation of the natural beauty of the west. His autobiography is as much about the growth of photography as an art form as it is about his life. His images are well known and his letters span his life from 14 years old to near his death at 82. I suspect he would have adapted his talents to this digital world as well.