Ansel Adams

Feb. 20 1902 — Apr. 22, 1984 Photographer, Conservationist 🔊 Listen When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. Ansel Adams was a California-born nature-lover and photographer, who became famous for his iconic photography of Yosemite National Park and other […]

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Robert Benton

Born 1932 Film Writer and Director 🔊 Listen I’m dyslexic, I couldn’t spell or punctuate, and I’d flunked a creative writing course. But I’d always loved the movies.   As a child growing up in Texas, Robert Benton suffered from […]

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Nicole Betancourt

Documentary Filmmaker 🔊 Listen I remember this recurring nightmare I had as a kid where these giant letters would fall on me and crush me. And to this day, I’m uncomfortable in libraries of anyplace where things are alphabetized in […]

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