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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White gravestone, Laurel Hill Cemetary, San..., 1933

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White gravestone, Laurel Hill Cemetary, San..., 1933

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Sequoia roots, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite..., 1950

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Sequoia roots, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite..., 1950

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Oak tree, snow storm, Yosemite National..., 1948

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Oak tree, snow storm, Yosemite National..., 1948

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Sierra Nevada, winter evening from The Owens , 1962

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Sierra Nevada, winter evening from The Owens , 1962

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Half Dome, thunder cloud (from Portfolio..., 1956

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Half Dome, thunder cloud (from Portfolio..., 1956

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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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Half dome blowing snow, 1955

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Half dome blowing snow, 1955

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Clearing winter storm, 1944

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Clearing winter storm, 1944

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White branches, Mono Lake, 1950

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White branches, Mono Lake, 1950

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada, 1932

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada, 1932

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Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National park, 1942

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Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National park, 1942

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What majestic word, In memory of Russell..., 1963

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What majestic word, In memory of Russell..., 1963

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River, cliffs, autumn, Yosemite Valley,..., 1939

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River, cliffs, autumn, Yosemite Valley,..., 1939

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Winter sunrise from Lone Pine, Sierra Nevada, 1944

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Winter sunrise from Lone Pine, Sierra Nevada, 1944

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Portfolio II (15 works), 1950

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Portfolio II (15 works), 1950

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Yosemite Valley, summer, 1936

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Yosemite Valley, summer, 1936

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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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

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Tombstone, Provincetown, Mass, 1935

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Tombstone, Provincetown, Mass, 1935

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Aspens, New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, New Mexico, 1958

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Oak tree, snow storm, 1948

Ansel Adams

Oak tree, snow storm, 1948

Sale Date: March 30, 2009

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White branches, Mono Lake, California, 1950

Ansel Adams

White branches, Mono Lake, California, 1950

Sale Date: March 30, 2009

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