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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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: April 23, 2007

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Clearing winter storm, Yosemite Valley,..., 1942

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Clearing winter storm, Yosemite Valley,..., 1942

Sale Date: April 23, 2007

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Portfolio four - What Majestic Word, in..., 1963

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Portfolio four - What Majestic Word, in..., 1963

Sale Date: April 23, 2007

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1944

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1944

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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White branches, Mono Lake, California, pl.1..., 1950

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White branches, Mono Lake, California, pl.1..., 1950

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park,..., 1958

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Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park,..., 1958

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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The White Tombstone, San Francisco, 1936

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The White Tombstone, San Francisco, 1936

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Untitled (Fence and trees), 1950

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Untitled (Fence and trees), 1950

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico (from portfolio..., 1958

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico (from portfolio..., 1958

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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

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

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Clearing winter storm, 1938

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Clearing winter storm, 1938

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Winter sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone..., 1944

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Winter sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone..., 1944

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1932

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Frozen lake and cliffs, Sierra Nevada,..., 1932

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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View in the High Sierra, 1930–1935

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View in the High Sierra, 1930–1935

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Sleigh team - Yosemite, 1936

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Sleigh team - Yosemite, 1936

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Political signs & circus posters, San..., 1931

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Political signs & circus posters, San..., 1931

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Still life, San Francisco, California, pl. 6 , 1932

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Still life, San Francisco, California, pl. 6 , 1932

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Penitente Morada, coyote, New Mexico, 1950

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Penitente Morada, coyote, New Mexico, 1950

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Kearsarge pinnacles, 1937

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Kearsarge pinnacles, 1937

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Tombstone, Provincetown, Mass., 1935

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Tombstone, Provincetown, Mass., 1935

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Doorway, Blawenburg, New Jersey, 1939

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Doorway, Blawenburg, New Jersey, 1939

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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Boy - Coyote, New Mexico, 1937

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Boy - Coyote, New Mexico, 1937

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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New Mexico highway (In the Chama Valley,..., 1939

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New Mexico highway (In the Chama Valley,..., 1939

Sale Date: April 26, 2007

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