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Nearly a half-century after Clark Kerr commissioned Ansel Adams to capture a ‘prospective view’ of UC, the On the Same Page program is prompting a rolling discussion of where the system is headed — and where it should be headed — in 2012.
Tag: Ansel Adams
UC Berkeley, as seen through Ansel Adams’ camera
June 1, 2012:
Legendary photographer Ansel Adams shot thousands of photos of Berkeley and the other UC campuses during the 1960s, and now a photo book based on the collection, “Fiat Lux,” is going out to all incoming students as part of the annual On the Same Page program.
Picturing UC’s future: position sousaphones, reshoot, remix
May 1, 2012:
At a precise location near Sather Gate, members of the Cal Band gamely shouldered their instruments Monday for a technically demanding photo op. The goal: to recreate a shot taken close to half a century ago by photographer Ansel Adams — this time for a 21st-century campus project on “picturing” UC’s future.
