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)
Trailside near Juneau, Alaska, 1948

Ansel Adams

Trailside near Juneau, Alaska, 1948

Sale Date: December 12, 2008

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Clearing winter storm, 1944

Ansel Adams

Clearing winter storm, 1944

Sale Date: December 12, 2008

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Maper Leafs, 1955

Ansel Adams

Maper Leafs, 1955

Sale Date: December 5, 2008

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from..., 1944

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Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada from..., 1944

Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Mirror Lake

Ansel Adams

Mirror Lake

Sale Date: November 3, 2008

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Carmel mission, 1940

Ansel Adams

Carmel mission, 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point,..., 1940

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Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point,..., 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Point Lobos, near Monterey, 1940

Ansel Adams

Point Lobos, near Monterey, 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Winter scene with train, 1940

Ansel Adams

Winter scene with train, 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Gravel bars, American river, 1940

Ansel Adams

Gravel bars, American river, 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Carmel mission, 1940

Ansel Adams

Carmel mission, 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point,..., 1940

Ansel Adams

Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point,..., 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Dunes, Oceano, California, 1925–1926

Ansel Adams

Dunes, Oceano, California, 1925–1926

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Yosemite Falls, 1950–1959

Ansel Adams

Yosemite Falls, 1950–1959

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Upper Yosemite Falls, spring, 1940–1949

Ansel Adams

Upper Yosemite Falls, spring, 1940–1949

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Yosemite Falls, 1930–1939

Ansel Adams

Yosemite Falls, 1930–1939

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Lake Tenaya, 1946

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Lake Tenaya, 1946

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Jeffrey pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite, 1940

Ansel Adams

Jeffrey pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite, 1940

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1937

Ansel Adams

Mirror Lake, Yosemite, 1937

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Mt. Lyell and Mt. Maclure, Yosemite National , 1936

Ansel Adams

Mt. Lyell and Mt. Maclure, Yosemite National , 1936

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Oak tree and cliffs of Cathedral Rocks,..., 1933

Ansel Adams

Oak tree and cliffs of Cathedral Rocks,..., 1933

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Bridalveil Fall, 1927

Ansel Adams

Bridalveil Fall, 1927

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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