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His views of Reagan’s policies were also highlighted, which he called “the greatest threat to our environment ever.” If you knew nothing about Ansel Adams going in, you’d have a solid understanding of who he was coming out. It touches on his first photos taken of Yosemite with a Kodak Brownie Box camera, his “revolutionary” zone system, serving on the board of the Sierra Club for 37 years, his crooked nose from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and of course, his views on photography, in great detail including his perhaps most famous quote, “the negative is like the composer’s score…the print is the performance.” Much of it is what you’d expect from any interview. A spread featuring some of Ansel Adams’s work in the May 1983 issue of Playboy. It was interlaced with advertisements for video monitors, booze, cigarettes, booze, boats, booze, condoms, and booze.

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The interview, when released, was quite extensive, with about 11 full pages of interview material, when condensed, and a 2-page spread of some of his more well-known photos. Oddly enough, it was done just weeks after a pacemaker operation. David and Vicki Sheff were well prepared and conducted nineteen hours of taped dialogue over a two-week period.” However, its respected interviews touch varied facets of contemporary American life and reach an audience with whom I have rarely come in contact. I debated very carefully their request for an interview, because the magazine as a whole is grossly sexist. Playboy is a mixture of content that is unique and provocative. “I have been outspoken in my opposition to Reagan and what he stands for and in my interview for Playboy magazine in their May 1983 issue, I pulled no punches. “He has little or no personal interest in the environment or its protection.

“As I write, he is in the fourth year of his first and, hopefully, last term of office in the White House. “My experience with Ronald Reagan was negative from the start,” Adams writes.