kara walling. mariners museum

When we went to view the art at the mariners museum, I found Ansel Adam's work to particularly go along with what we talk about in class. He takes photographs and edits the shade. To me that can totally change what the nature in the picture is meaning or portraying to an audience. I feel like each photograph by Ansel Adams was what he was molding nature to be, so I was never able to fully connect with the original form. This relates to class because we talk of how humans are constantly molding nature to take the form we want so it can benefit us. I think Ansel Adams does this in his shading...if he shades a certain part, he will sell more work, and therefore get more materialist things (aka money). I personally think nature is a piece of art on its own, and any alteration will just conform it to being how we "think" it should be.