“Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not only a condition of nature, but a state of mind and mood and heart. It cannot be confined to the museum-case status—seen only as a passing diorama from superlative throughways.” MindHeartStatesDreamPastCasesConditionsBecomingAspectMoodPassingPassingsWildernessMuseumsState Of MindAmerican DreamConfinedBecoming OneSuperlatives Book:Celebrating the American Earth: a Portfolio Source: Celebrating the American Earth: a Portfolio
“I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence. Intuition, suspicion, or confidence in new ventures; there is a strange strain within me when advantage is not taken of some situation, the immediacy of recognition of the rightness or wrongness of a mood, a response, a decision - they are so often valid that I am increasingly convinced that we have yet to grasp the reality of existence.” RealitySeemsPastFallDecisionExistenceSituationVisionTakenStrangeAdvantageResponseIntuitionConvincedMoodRecognitionLogicalSignificanceSuspicionVentureStrainSequenceMy PastPast LifeImmediacyRetrospectiveNew Ventures Author:Ansel Adams
“For Fleur de Chine, I imagined the romantic and mysterious women from Asia's cinematic past-from the '30s femme fatale in a cheongsam and dark lipstick, to the'60s Hong Kong heroine of In the Mood for Love. I wanted to capture that fascinating, exquisite and slightly scandalous femininity.” WantedPastDarkMoodMysteriousFascinatingCaptureAsiaFemininityExquisiteLipstickHeroinesHong KongCinematicFemmeScandalousFemme FataleMysterious Woman Author:Tom Ford
“When you're in a good mood, bring up the past. When you're in a bad mood, stick to the present. And when you're not feeling emotional at all, it's time to talk about the future.” FeelingsPastEmotionalSticksMoodBad MoodGood Mood Author:Marilyn vos Savant