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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Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley; Sixteen..., 1960

Ansel Adams

Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley; Sixteen..., 1960

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944

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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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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, 1960

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, 1960

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Cloud Reflections, Mono Lake, California, 1948

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Cloud Reflections, Mono Lake, California, 1948

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Pine Forest in Snow, Yosemite National Park, 1933

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Pine Forest in Snow, Yosemite National Park, 1933

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Winter, Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley, 1949

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Winter, Forest Detail, Yosemite Valley, 1949

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Beartrack Cove, Glacier National Monument,..., 1948

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Beartrack Cove, Glacier National Monument,..., 1948

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Orchard, Portola Valley, California, 1940

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Orchard, Portola Valley, California, 1940

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Portfolio Two: The National Parks and..., 1950

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Portfolio Two: The National Parks and..., 1950

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Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite..., 1938

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Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite..., 1938

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Mist, Trees in Snow, Yosemite National Park, , 1940

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Mist, Trees in Snow, Yosemite National Park, , 1940

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Rock and Snow, Tenaya Creek, Yosemite Valley, 1960

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Rock and Snow, Tenaya Creek, Yosemite Valley, 1960

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Wave, near Goat Rock, North Californian Coast, 1964

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Wave, near Goat Rock, North Californian Coast, 1964

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Surf, Timber Cove, California, 1960

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Surf, Timber Cove, California, 1960

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Rapids, Merced River, Yosemite, 1955

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Rapids, Merced River, Yosemite, 1955

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The Golden Gate before building of the..., 1933

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The Golden Gate before building of the..., 1933

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At Laguna Niguel, Clouds before Sun,..., 1928

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At Laguna Niguel, Clouds before Sun,..., 1928

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Thunderstorm, Great Plains, Cimarron, New..., 1961

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Thunderstorm, Great Plains, Cimarron, New..., 1961

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Stream, Sea, Clouds, Rodeo Lagoon, Marin..., 1962

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Stream, Sea, Clouds, Rodeo Lagoon, Marin..., 1962

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The Teton Range and the Snake River, 1942

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The Teton Range and the Snake River, 1942

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Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park,..., 1946

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Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park,..., 1946

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Sun and Fog, Point Arena, California, 1964

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Sun and Fog, Point Arena, California, 1964

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Evening Cloud, Sierra Nevada, California, 1936

Ansel Adams

Evening Cloud, Sierra Nevada, California, 1936

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