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

Ansel Adams

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

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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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Half Dome, 1927

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Half Dome, 1927

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Sierra Nevada' (Two Dead Trees Against Black , 1925

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Sierra Nevada' (Two Dead Trees Against Black , 1925

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Reflections at Mono Lake, California, 1948

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Reflections at Mono Lake, California, 1948

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Gravel Bars, American River, California, 1955

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Gravel Bars, American River, California, 1955

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Portfolio VI, 1932–1953

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Portfolio VI, 1932–1953

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Church, Cañoncito, New Mexico' (Gate and..., 1965

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Church, Cañoncito, New Mexico' (Gate and..., 1965

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Dawn, Autumn Forest, Great Smoky Mountains..., 1948

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Dawn, Autumn Forest, Great Smoky Mountains..., 1948

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Taos Pueblo

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Taos Pueblo

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Enchanted Mesa' (Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico), 1930

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Enchanted Mesa' (Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico), 1930

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Dance Group, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1929

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Dance Group, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1929

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Church near Española, New Mexico, 1938

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Church near Española, New Mexico, 1938

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Fort Ross Chapel – View Up, 1960

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Fort Ross Chapel – View Up, 1960

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Rear of Church, Cordova, New Mexico, 1938

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Rear of Church, Cordova, New Mexico, 1938

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Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de..., 1937

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Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de..., 1937

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1958

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Monument Valley, Utah, 1958

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Sunrise, Mt. Whitney, Moon, Sierra Nevada, CA, 1927

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Sunrise, Mt. Whitney, Moon, Sierra Nevada, CA, 1927

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Cañon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1942

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Cañon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1942

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Monument Valley, Arizona, 1947

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Monument Valley, Arizona, 1947

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White House Ruin, Canyon De Chelly National..., 1949

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White House Ruin, Canyon De Chelly National..., 1949

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Landscape, Arizona, 1938

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Landscape, Arizona, 1938

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Cemetery Path, Charleston, S. C, 1936

Ansel Adams

Cemetery Path, Charleston, S. C, 1936

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