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Working with a cumbersome[1] 8 x 10 field camera, Ansel Adams (1902- 1984) created some of the most dramatic and influential photographs ever made of the American West. His majestic landscapes and evocative[2] still lives conveyed a vision of an idealized America that helped inspire the wilderness  conservation[3]
movement. Yet despite these accomplishments[4], Adams has been the
least studied of our most important photographers. Adams was grappling[5]
with the question of how art and nature intersect in the modern world.
The contradictions he faced as both artist and activist: his struggle to
balance art and commercialism; his desire to create art, yet enjoy bourgeois[6]
comforts; his simultaneous support for economic development, tourism, and
wilderness preservation. Adams grew into an environmental activist and used
his photography to further  the
cause of conservation. Questions regarding the meaning and place of wilderness
in modern culture remain with us today. Adams's life was also a reflection
of our changing attitudes about the natural world.Ansel Adams (U.S., 1902-1984): Road, Nevada Desert Silver-gelatine print, 7.5 x 9.5 inches, circa 1960 Speaking volumes about the wide open spaces of the American West... and about the road ahead... this image shows a surprising side to Ansel Adams' works. But Adams' career was filled with fresh visual surprises--insights[7] that combined to make him the most famous photographer of the twentieth century. |
注释： 1． Cumbersome: 从我们所熟悉的单词 troublesome, quarrelsome 中可以看出，后缀-some 用来构成形容词，表示"会引起……的"。再来看动词Cumber，是"拖累"的意思，那么 cumber 自然就是"引起拖累的感觉"，即"沉重的，不便携带"的意思了。 2. evocative: 这个词乍看起来很陌生，其实却是我们的老朋友了。因为 evocative 就是动词 evoke的形容词形式。Evoke 意思是"召唤，引起"，它的形容词当然是"唤起的；召唤的"意思。比如：evocative words 是"勾起回忆和感情的言语"。 3. conservation:这里我们又遇到了类似的情况，名词 conservation 是动词conserve的名词形式，表示"保护，保存"的意思。不过，别与名词 conserve 记混了，conserve 可是"蜜饯；果酱"的意思呀。 4. accomplishment: Accomplishment 也是一个派生词，由 accomplish 和后缀 -ment 组成的，我们知道加后缀 -ment，总是构成名词。accomplish 是"完成，成功的完成"，可以推测 accomplishment 是"完成的事，成绩"的意思。 |
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安索.亚当斯用沉重的8 x 10 的户外照相机创造出最富有戏剧性和影响力的反映美国西部的照片。他的宏伟的风景照片和怀旧的静物照片展示了一个理想化的美国，而这也激励了美国的野外环境保护运动。 |
6. bourgeois: 你还记得以前流行很广泛的"布尔乔亚"这个词吗？ bourgeois 就是它的英文原词，意思是"中产阶级"。 另一个更常用的，表示"中产阶级"的词是：middle class。 7． insight: Sight 表示"视觉、眼界"，那么 insight 就是人内心的眼睛，是用来看眼睛看不到的东西，即我们所说的"洞察力"，当然我们都希望作 a man of insight ，"有洞察力的人"了 |
即便除了这些成就，亚当斯仍然是我们所学习研究的最重要的摄影家之一。亚当斯一直在探索如何在现代社会中寻找艺术与自然的最佳结合点。作为一个艺术家和社会活动家，他面临着种种的矛盾：他努力想找到艺术与商业价值的平衡；他向往艺术，但又沉浸在中产阶级的舒适生活中；他同时对经济和旅游业的发展和对野外环境保护进行支持。亚当斯成长为一名保护环境的活动家，并且用他的摄影技巧推动了环境保护的进程。在现代文化
中野外环境存在的意义至今仍然捆饶着我们。亚当斯的生活历程就反映了我们对自然界态度的转变。