When viewing an Ansel Adams' photograph of Yosemite, one experiences the natural world at a distance. "This is nature. And it's beautiful because you're not there," writes photographer Mark Klett of Adams' opus in "Yosemite in Time: Ice, Ages, Tree Clocks, Ghost Rivers."

"That's such a contrast to my work," says Terri Loewenthal. The Oakland-based artist sees her psychedelic landscapes as "extending an invitation" to "step inside and move beyond the confines of our everyday perceptions."

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