Representative work by Ansel Adams
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Ansel Adams

1902–1984 · American

Ansel Adams combined technically rigorous black-and-white photography with a lifelong commitment to conservation. His photographs of the American West and his Zone System shaped both the aesthetics and pedagogy of twentieth-century landscape photography.

Photography

Artist Films

Major Works

  • Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
  • Monolith, The Face of Half Dome
  • Clearing Winter Storm
  • Aspens, Northern New Mexico
  • Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada
  • The Tetons and the Snake River
  • Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada
  • Rose and Driftwood
  • El Capitan, Winter
  • Moon and Half Dome

Interviews & Writing

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