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)
Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National Park, 1944

Ansel Adams

Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National Park, 1944

Sale Date: October 6, 1995

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Mudhills, Arizona, pl.2, 1947

Ansel Adams

Mudhills, Arizona, pl.2, 1947

Sale Date: October 6, 1995

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Orchard, Portola Valley, California, 1940

Ansel Adams

Orchard, Portola Valley, California, 1940

Sale Date: October 6, 1995

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Stream, sea, clouds, Rodeo Lagoon, California, 1962

Ansel Adams

Stream, sea, clouds, Rodeo Lagoon, California, 1962

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Sundown, the Pacific, 1953

Ansel Adams

Sundown, the Pacific, 1953

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National Park, 1944

Ansel Adams

Clearing winter storm, Yosemite National Park, 1944

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from..., 1944

Ansel Adams

Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from..., 1944

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Shells and lichens, 1930

Ansel Adams

Shells and lichens, 1930

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Aspens, dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Colorodo, 1937

Ansel Adams

Aspens, dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Colorodo, 1937

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1960

Ansel Adams

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1960

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Aspens, northern New Mexico, 1958

Ansel Adams

Aspens, northern New Mexico, 1958

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Mooonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Mooonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Half Dome blowing snow, Yosemite National Park, 1955

Ansel Adams

Half Dome blowing snow, Yosemite National Park, 1955

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Pasture, Sonoma County hills, California, 1960

Ansel Adams

Pasture, Sonoma County hills, California, 1960

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Manly Beacon, Death Valley, 1952

Ansel Adams

Manly Beacon, Death Valley, 1952

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, 1946

Ansel Adams

Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, 1946

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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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 5, 1995

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Canyon de Chelly, National Monument, Arizona, 1941

Ansel Adams

Canyon de Chelly, National Monument, Arizona, 1941

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Ansel Adams

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Sale Date: October 5, 1995

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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 5, 1995

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El Capitan

Ansel Adams

El Capitan

Sale Date: September 22, 1995

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Yosemite Valley, summer

Ansel Adams

Yosemite Valley, summer

Sale Date: September 22, 1995

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Taos pueblo, 1930

Ansel Adams

Taos pueblo, 1930

Sale Date: July 13, 1995

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