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)
Ferns

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Ferns

Sale Date: May 13, 2013

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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: April 26, 2013

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Yosemite Falls and Moon and Half Dome (2..., 1950

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Yosemite Falls and Moon and Half Dome (2..., 1950

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Autumn, Yosemite Valley, 1933

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Autumn, Yosemite Valley, 1933

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument (Pl. 3..., 1948

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Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument (Pl. 3..., 1948

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National..., 1942

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Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National..., 1942

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Sand Dunes, Oceano, California, 1950

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Sand Dunes, Oceano, California, 1950

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, 1959

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Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, 1959

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Dunes, Oceano, California (Pl. 4 from..., 1963

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Dunes, Oceano, California (Pl. 4 from..., 1963

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada (from..., 1944

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada (from..., 1944

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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White House Ruin, Cañon de Chelley, National , 1942

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White House Ruin, Cañon de Chelley, National , 1942

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1926

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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite..., 1926

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Yosemite (portfolio of 116)

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Yosemite (portfolio of 116)

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Close-up studies of rock formations, 1963–1972

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Close-up studies of rock formations, 1963–1972

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Gravestone Carvings with Hands (4 works), 1962–1975

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Gravestone Carvings with Hands (4 works), 1962–1975

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Industrial location in San Francisco (+ No..., 1962

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Industrial location in San Francisco (+ No..., 1962

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Rocks and lichen (+ 4 others; 5 works), 1960–1969

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Rocks and lichen (+ 4 others; 5 works), 1960–1969

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Twisted tree and boulder (+ 5 others; 6 works,...

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Twisted tree and boulder (+ 5 others; 6 works,...

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona..., 1968

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Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona..., 1968

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Cold Light, 1961

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Cold Light, 1961

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Stump and Ferns, Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat,..., 1964

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Stump and Ferns, Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat,..., 1964

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Fallen Rock, Yosemite, 1962

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Fallen Rock, Yosemite, 1962

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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