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)
Cypress tree in fog, Pebble Beach, California, 1967

Ansel Adams

Cypress tree in fog, Pebble Beach, California, 1967

Sale Date: October 16, 2008

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Half dome - winter, 1938

Ansel Adams

Half dome - winter, 1938

Sale Date: October 16, 2008

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Penitente Morada, coyote, New Mexico, 1950

Ansel Adams

Penitente Morada, coyote, New Mexico, 1950

Sale Date: October 16, 2008

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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from the Owens , 1944

Ansel Adams

Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from the Owens , 1944

Sale Date: October 16, 2008

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Trees and cliffs of Eagle Peak, winter,..., 1935

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Trees and cliffs of Eagle Peak, winter,..., 1935

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1942

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1942

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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

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

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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite,..., 1927

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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite,..., 1927

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, 1927

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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, 1927

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The White Tombstone, San Francisco, 1936

Ansel Adams

The White Tombstone, San Francisco, 1936

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Aspens, New Mexico, 1916–1984

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Aspens, New Mexico, 1916–1984

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Juniper, cliffs, and river, Upper Merced..., 1936

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Juniper, cliffs, and river, Upper Merced..., 1936

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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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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park,..., 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park,..., 1960

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite..., 1946

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Moonrise from Glacier Point, Yosemite..., 1946

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El Capitan (Merced River, Yosemite National..., 1952

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El Capitan (Merced River, Yosemite National..., 1952

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Winter sunrise, the Sierra Nevada (from Lone , 1944

Ansel Adams

Winter sunrise, the Sierra Nevada (from Lone , 1944

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941–1942

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941–1942

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Winter sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, 1944

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Winter sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, 1944

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Gates of the valley, winter Yosemite Valley..., 1938

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Gates of the valley, winter Yosemite Valley..., 1938

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton..., 1942

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The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton..., 1942

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de..., 1937

Ansel Adams

Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de..., 1937

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National Park, 1938

Ansel Adams

Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National Park, 1938

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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