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Adams said that photography cannot be "abstract." He prefers the word _____.

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He prefers "extract" over "abstract". 
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When a viewer suggested that one of Adams' photographs looked abstract, Adams corrected him- "I prefer the term 'extract' over 'abstract', since I cannot change the optical realities but only manage them."
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