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)
Fern spring, Yosemite, 1961

Ansel Adams

Fern spring, Yosemite, 1961

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Forest at Patrick's Point State Park,..., 1959

Ansel Adams

Forest at Patrick's Point State Park,..., 1959

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Cement machinery, Crescent City, California, 1960

Ansel Adams

Cement machinery, Crescent City, California, 1960

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Untitled (Lake with mountains), 1961

Ansel Adams

Untitled (Lake with mountains), 1961

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Winter sunrise from Lone Pine, Sierra Nevada, 1944

Ansel Adams

Winter sunrise from Lone Pine, Sierra Nevada, 1944

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Mormon temple, Manti, Utah, 1948

Ansel Adams

Mormon temple, Manti, Utah, 1948

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Sequoia gigantea roots, Yosemite National..., 1950

Ansel Adams

Sequoia gigantea roots, Yosemite National..., 1950

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Half Dome, oak tree, autumm

Ansel Adams

Half Dome, oak tree, autumm

Sale Date: November 24, 2011

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Sentinel Rock, Yosemite, 1949

Ansel Adams

Sentinel Rock, Yosemite, 1949

Sale Date: November 24, 2011

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Ferns, Yosemite National Park, California

Ansel Adams

Ferns, Yosemite National Park, California

Sale Date: November 13, 2011

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

Ansel Adams

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

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Storm over the Great Plains from Cimarron,..., 1960

Ansel Adams

Storm over the Great Plains from Cimarron,..., 1960

Sale Date: November 23, 2011

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Yosemite Falls, spring, Yosemite National..., 1953

Ansel Adams

Yosemite Falls, spring, Yosemite National..., 1953

Sale Date: November 23, 2011

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Sale Date: November 13, 2011

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Tenaya Creek, dogwood, rain, Yosemite National...

Ansel Adams

Tenaya Creek, dogwood, rain, Yosemite National...

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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El Capitan (2 works), 1952

Ansel Adams

El Capitan (2 works), 1952

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Fern Spring, dusk, Yosemite Valley, 1961

Ansel Adams

Fern Spring, dusk, Yosemite Valley, 1961

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Tenaya Lake, Mount Conness, Yosemite..., 1946

Ansel Adams

Tenaya Lake, Mount Conness, Yosemite..., 1946

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Emerald Peak, Sierra Nevada, California, 1933

Ansel Adams

Emerald Peak, Sierra Nevada, California, 1933

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Forest floor, Yosemite Valley, 1950

Ansel Adams

Forest floor, Yosemite Valley, 1950

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, 1944

Ansel Adams

Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, 1944

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Camp Curry, Yosemite (study) (+ 2 others; 3 works)

Ansel Adams

Camp Curry, Yosemite (study) (+ 2 others; 3 works)

Sale Date: November 7, 2011

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Mudhills, Arizona (from Portfolio V), 1947

Ansel Adams

Mudhills, Arizona (from Portfolio V), 1947

Sale Date: October 28, 2011

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