Ansel Adams
1902-1984
American photographer, best known for his images of the American landscapes and wilderness.
Trained as a pianist, Adams initially started taking photographs in 1927. His most well known works depict the nature and wilderness in California and New Mexico. An advocate of ‘pure photography’, Adams founded the Group f.64 with Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Willard Van Dyke. He was also a key proponent in the development of the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Adams published over 24 books on his work, prior to his death in 1984. American photographer, best known for his images of the American landscapes and wilderness.
Trained as a pianist, Adams initially started taking photographs in 1927. His most well known works depict the nature and wilderness in California and New Mexico. An advocate of ‘pure photography’, Adams founded the Group f.64 with Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Willard Van Dyke. He was also a key proponent in the development of the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Adams published over 24 books on his work, prior to his death in 1984.
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS |
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| 1972 |
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Exhibits retrospective Recollected Moments, at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; show is sent by USIS to Europe and South America. |
| 1963 |
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The Eloquent Light, a retrospective exhibition with prints from 1923 to 1963 shown at the de Young Museum |
| 1939 |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| 1937 |
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Photographs included in the first historical survey of the medium at the Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1936 |
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Solo exhibition at An American Place, New York |
| 1931 |
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Has an exhibition of 60 prints at the Smithsonian Institution. |
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| LITERATURE: BOOKS AND CATALOGS |
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| 1979 |
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Yosemite and the Range of Light. |
| 1978 |
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Polaroid Land Photography and Ansel Adams: 50 Years of Portraits. |
| 1976 |
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Photographs of the Southwest. |
| 1970 |
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The Tetons and the Yellowstone. |
| 1963 |
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Releases Portfolio 4 |
| 1962 |
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Death Valley and the Creek Called Furnace and These We Inherit: The Parklands of America. |
| 1960 |
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This is the American Earth and releases Portfolio 3 |
| 1958 |
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The Islands of Hawaii |
| 1956 |
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Basic Photo Series 5 |
| 1954 |
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Death Valley, Mission San Xavier del Bac and The Pageant of History in Northern California. |
| 1952 |
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Basic Photo Series 4. |
| 1950 |
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Basic Photo Series 3 and My Camera in Yosemite Valley. Issues Portfolio 2. |
| 1948 |
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Photo Series I: Camera and Lens and 2: The Negativeand Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, and issues Portfolio I. |
| 1946 |
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Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley |
| 1941 |
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Michael and Anne in Yosemite Valley |
| 1938 |
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Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. |
| 1935 |
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Making a Photograph: An Introduction to Photography. |
| 1927 |
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Publishes first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. |
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