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)
Metamorphic rock and summer grass,..., 1945

Ansel Adams

Metamorphic rock and summer grass,..., 1945

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Dogwood, Yosemite national park, California, 1938

Ansel Adams

Dogwood, Yosemite national park, California, 1938

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Nasturtiums, Oceano, California, 1951

Ansel Adams

Nasturtiums, Oceano, California, 1951

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944

Ansel Adams

Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Mount Williamson from Manzanar, 1944

Ansel Adams

Mount Williamson from Manzanar, 1944

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Moonrise, Hernandez, northern New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, northern New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Moon and half dome, Yosemite national Park, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and half dome, Yosemite national Park, 1960

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Alfred Stieglitz at an American Place, New..., 1938

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Alfred Stieglitz at an American Place, New..., 1938

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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Winter morning, Yosemite Valley, California, 1969

Ansel Adams

Winter morning, Yosemite Valley, California, 1969

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, 1960

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Silverton, Colorado, 1951

Ansel Adams

Silverton, Colorado, 1951

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, 1942

Ansel Adams

The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, 1942

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Refugio Beach, 1938

Ansel Adams

Refugio Beach, 1938

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Golden Gate Headlands from Lincoln Park, San , 1950

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Golden Gate Headlands from Lincoln Park, San , 1950

Sale Date: May 18, 2008

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Julian Martinez, San ildephanso pueblo, New..., 1928

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Julian Martinez, San ildephanso pueblo, New..., 1928

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Pueblo laguna, N.M., 1928

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Pueblo laguna, N.M., 1928

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Banner peak and Thousand Island Lake (from..., 1923

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Banner peak and Thousand Island Lake (from..., 1923

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Upper Yosemite Falls, spring, 1940–1949

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Upper Yosemite Falls, spring, 1940–1949

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Mt. Moran, autumn, 1948

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Mt. Moran, autumn, 1948

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948

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Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, 1932

Ansel Adams

Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, 1932

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Trees and snow (from Portfolio Three:..., 1933

Ansel Adams

Trees and snow (from Portfolio Three:..., 1933

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Refugio Beach, California

Ansel Adams

Refugio Beach, California

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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