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's Estate Rebukes Adobe for Selling A.I. Images in the Style of the Late Photographer

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Ansel Adams (6,417 results)
Moonrise Over Hernandez, New Mexico, 1950–1960

Ansel Adams

Moonrise Over Hernandez, New Mexico, 1950–1960

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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Half Dome, Blowing Snow, yosemite National..., 1955

Ansel Adams

Half Dome, Blowing Snow, yosemite National..., 1955

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico (1941), 1940

Ansel Adams

Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico (1941), 1940

Sale Date: October 4, 1994

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PORTRAIT OF CHARLES SHEELER, 1944

Ansel Adams

PORTRAIT OF CHARLES SHEELER, 1944

Sale Date: October 3, 1994

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Parmelian prints of the High Sierras, 1927

Ansel Adams

Parmelian prints of the High Sierras, 1927

Sale Date: September 10, 1994

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GLACIER POINT, 1927

Ansel Adams

GLACIER POINT, 1927

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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DUNES, HAZY SUN, WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, 1911

Ansel Adams

DUNES, HAZY SUN, WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, 1911

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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LOWER PARADISE VALLEY, 1920–1929

Ansel Adams

LOWER PARADISE VALLEY, 1920–1929

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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DOORWAY BLAWENBERG, NEW JERSEY, 1939

Ansel Adams

DOORWAY BLAWENBERG, NEW JERSEY, 1939

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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MOUNTAINS IN SNOW, YOSEMITE, 1929

Ansel Adams

MOUNTAINS IN SNOW, YOSEMITE, 1929

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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MARION LAKE, 1927

Ansel Adams

MARION LAKE, 1927

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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MT. WILLIAMSON, SIERRA NEVADA, FROM..., 1944

Ansel Adams

MT. WILLIAMSON, SIERRA NEVADA, FROM..., 1944

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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YOSEMITE MOUNTAINS, 1929

Ansel Adams

YOSEMITE MOUNTAINS, 1929

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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WINTER YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 1932

Ansel Adams

WINTER YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 1932

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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ROSE AND DRIFTWOOD, 1932

Ansel Adams

ROSE AND DRIFTWOOD, 1932

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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YOSEMITE IN THE SNOW, 1930–1939

Ansel Adams

YOSEMITE IN THE SNOW, 1930–1939

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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MOUNTAIN FACE, YOSEMITE, 1929

Ansel Adams

MOUNTAIN FACE, YOSEMITE, 1929

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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MT. MCKINLEY AND WONDER LAKE, MT. MCKINLEY..., 1947

Ansel Adams

MT. MCKINLEY AND WONDER LAKE, MT. MCKINLEY..., 1947

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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WINTER SUNRISE, SIERRA NEVADA FROM CONE..., 1944

Ansel Adams

WINTER SUNRISE, SIERRA NEVADA FROM CONE..., 1944

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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MOUNTAIN RANGE FROM A HIGH POINT, YOSEMITE, 1929

Ansel Adams

MOUNTAIN RANGE FROM A HIGH POINT, YOSEMITE, 1929

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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ARCHES, NORTH COURT, AZ., 1968

Ansel Adams

ARCHES, NORTH COURT, AZ., 1968

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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SELECTED IMAGES, 1932

Ansel Adams

SELECTED IMAGES, 1932

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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WHITEHOUSE RUIN, CANYON DE CHELLE NATIONAL..., 1942

Ansel Adams

WHITEHOUSE RUIN, CANYON DE CHELLE NATIONAL..., 1942

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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TSUGUHARU FOUJITA, 1960

Ansel Adams

TSUGUHARU FOUJITA, 1960

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

Auction Closed

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