Ansel Adams

(American, 1902–1984)

Ansel Adams was an iconic American photographer known for his awe-inspiring black-and-white photographs of the American West. Carefully composed and technically precise, the artist’s picturesque images of Yosemite National Park are some of the most iconic works in the history of the medium. “Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space,” he once mused. “I know of no sculpture, painting, or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters.” Born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, CA, the artist trained as a concert pianist before turning to photography in 1930. Along with Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, Adams formed Group f/64 with the goal of elevating photography to a high art at a time when it was only considered a form of documentation. A committed environmentalist, he traveled throughout the country to capture the grandeur of natural sites. Adams died on April 22, 1984 in Monterey, CA at the age of 82. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others.

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Ansel Adams (6,417 results)
Ghost Ranch Hills, Chama Valley, New Mexico, 1937

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Ghost Ranch Hills, Chama Valley, New Mexico, 1937

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1927

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Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1927

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Aspen, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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Aspen, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960

Sale Date: June 3, 2014

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Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, California, 1940

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Winter Morning, Yosemite Valley, California, 1940

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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Alfred Stieglitz at an American Place, 1935

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Alfred Stieglitz at an American Place, 1935

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Point Sur Storm, 1950

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Point Sur Storm, 1950

Sale Date: May 9, 2014

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Golden Gate Bridge

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Golden Gate Bridge

Sale Date: May 9, 2014

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Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Mount..., 1947

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Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Mount..., 1947

Sale Date: May 8, 2014

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Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite..., 1948

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Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite..., 1948

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Moonrise, Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1960

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Moonrise, Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1960

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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Selected Images of Yosemite (8 works), 1927–1960

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Selected Images of Yosemite (8 works), 1927–1960

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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Moon and Clouds, Northern California, 1959

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Moon and Clouds, Northern California, 1959

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand..., 1942

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The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand..., 1942

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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Portfolio four: What Majestic Word, in..., 1963

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Portfolio four: What Majestic Word, in..., 1963

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National..., 1938

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National..., 1938

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Shadow Lake, Sierra Nevada, 1939

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Shadow Lake, Sierra Nevada, 1939

Sale Date: April 24, 2014

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Moon and Clouds, Northern California, 1959

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Moon and Clouds, Northern California, 1959

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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Rapids, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1955

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Rapids, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1955

Sale Date: April 11, 2014

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Boards and Thistles, San Francisco, California, 1932

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Boards and Thistles, San Francisco, California, 1932

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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Interior of Tumacacori Mission, New Mexico,..., 1976

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Interior of Tumacacori Mission, New Mexico,..., 1976

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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Cemetery Statue and Oil Derricks, Long..., 1939

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Cemetery Statue and Oil Derricks, Long..., 1939

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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Rock, Dogwood, River, Shrub, Yosemite..., 1976

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Rock, Dogwood, River, Shrub, Yosemite..., 1976

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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Sunrise, Mount Tom, Sierra Nevada from..., 1948

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Sunrise, Mount Tom, Sierra Nevada from..., 1948

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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