In March 1972 I called directory assistance (you could do that in those days!) and asked for the number of Ansel Adams, to my surprise he was listed. I called him and he actually picked up the phone. I told him that I loved his work and I would love to meet him anytime and anyplace. He responded, “Friday after next for cocktails at my house”!I about fell over. My wife, Linda, and I drove to Carmel and went into a wine shop and asked if Ansel Adams shopped there and what wine did he like. It was starting to get dark when we arrived. Ansel’s wife answered the door and invited us in to sit by a fire roaring in the big stone fireplace. She said Ansel was out shooting tests for polaroid. Bear in mind this was a cold March afternoon and it was drizzling not to mention Anselwas in his late 70s. When Ansel showed up, we offered him the wine and he said he was going to have bourbon and would we join him. So, there we were, the three of us having bourbon in Ansel Adams’s living room, imagine that!!