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.

Ansel Adams News

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Barn and fence near Tomales, 1964

Ansel Adams

Barn and fence near Tomales, 1964

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Hull of wrecked ship, Drakes Bay, 1964

Ansel Adams

Hull of wrecked ship, Drakes Bay, 1964

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Chapel, Fort Ross, 1964

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Chapel, Fort Ross, 1964

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Fort Ross, Chapel, 1964

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Fort Ross, Chapel, 1964

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Surf, Timber Cove, 1960

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Surf, Timber Cove, 1960

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Coast, Timber Cove, 1964

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Coast, Timber Cove, 1964

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Waves near Goat Rock, 1964

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Waves near Goat Rock, 1964

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Surf detail, Timber Cove, 1964

Ansel Adams

Surf detail, Timber Cove, 1964

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Fort Ross from Upper Road, 1964

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Fort Ross from Upper Road, 1964

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Eucalyptus, Fort Ross, 1964

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Eucalyptus, Fort Ross, 1964

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Sun through clouds, evening, 1964

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Sun through clouds, evening, 1964

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Hills and sheep, Sonoma County, 1964

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Hills and sheep, Sonoma County, 1964

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Dry Lagoon Beach, stump, 1964

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Dry Lagoon Beach, stump, 1964

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Sheep near Stillwater Cove, 1964

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Sheep near Stillwater Cove, 1964

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Redwood stump and ferns, Rockefeller Grove, 1964

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Redwood stump and ferns, Rockefeller Grove, 1964

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Forest near Rockport, 1964

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Forest near Rockport, 1964

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Time and the maiden, atop Masonic temple,..., 1964

Ansel Adams

Time and the maiden, atop Masonic temple,..., 1964

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Interior of church, Mendocino, 1964

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Interior of church, Mendocino, 1964

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Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, 1960

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Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, 1960

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1942

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1942

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Aspens, northern New Mexico, 1958

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Aspens, northern New Mexico, 1958

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Sequoia roots, mariposa grove, Yosemite, 1950

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Sequoia roots, mariposa grove, Yosemite, 1950

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San Francisco from T.V. Hill (San Bruno..., 1964

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San Francisco from T.V. Hill (San Bruno..., 1964

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Fountain, General Vallejo's home, 1964

Ansel Adams

Fountain, General Vallejo's home, 1964

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