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)
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

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Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Sale Date: April 5, 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

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Boards and Thistles, San Francisco, California, 1932

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Boards and Thistles, San Francisco, California, 1932

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960

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White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1949

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White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1949

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Autumn, North of Truchas, New Mexico, 1941

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Autumn, North of Truchas, New Mexico, 1941

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Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In..., 1966

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Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In..., 1966

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

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

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Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, California, 1960

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Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, California, 1960

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San Francisco from Twin Peaks, 1952–1953

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San Francisco from Twin Peaks, 1952–1953

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Fungus, UC Santa Cruz, 1963

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Fungus, UC Santa Cruz, 1963

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Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley, California, 1948

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Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley, California, 1948

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Yosemite (4 works), 1950–1959

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Yosemite (4 works), 1950–1959

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Tree, Stump and Mist, Northern Cascades..., 1958

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Tree, Stump and Mist, Northern Cascades..., 1958

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North Cascades National Park, Washington, 1958

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North Cascades National Park, Washington, 1958

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North Cascades National Park, Washington, 1958

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North Cascades National Park, Washington, 1958

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Clearing Winter Storm, 1944

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Clearing Winter Storm, 1944

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

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

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(Winter Sunrise), Sierra Nevada (from Lone..., 1944

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(Winter Sunrise), Sierra Nevada (from Lone..., 1944

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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The Black Sun, Tungsten Hills, Owens Valley, , 1939

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The Black Sun, Tungsten Hills, Owens Valley, , 1939

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Yosemite Falls and Meadow, 1953

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Yosemite Falls and Meadow, 1953

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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Portfolio V (Ten Photographs)..., 1936–1960

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Portfolio V (Ten Photographs)..., 1936–1960

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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