Ansel Adams

Born in San Francisco, California, Adams studied music and became a concert pianist. A meeting with Paul Strand in 1930 affected him so greatly that he decided to dedicate his life to photography. A committed conservationist, he used his work to influence and support conservationists worldwide. Adams photographed the American West and Southwest extensively. His first one man show in 1936 set the stage for a career spanning nearly 60 years with works exhibited in nearly every major museum including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Adams was instrumental in establishing the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in 1940 and at the California School of Fine Arts in 1946. Before his death in 1984 in Carmel, California Adams was awarded the Medal of Freedom from the United States.

Ansel Adams Images:
Aspens
Aspens New Mexico, 1958
Autumn Tree Against Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite
Birds on a Beach
Bridal Veil Falls
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Clearing Winter Storm
Desert Valley,1966
El Capitan
Fore-Pond Spill
Half Dome Merced River Winter Yosemite
Monolith
Moon & Half Dome
Moonrise, Hernandez
Mount McKinley Range- Range Clouds
Mountain Stream
Mt. McKinley-Wonder Lake
Nevada Falls, Rainbow,Yosemite
Oak Tree Snowstorm
Oak Tree, Sunrise
Oak Tree-Sunset City, CA
Oaktree,Sunrise
Pacific Vista
Palm Grove,1966
Pine Forest In The Snow
Redwoods, Founders Grove
Road to Leesburg
Rose and Driftwood
Sand Dunes-Sunrise
Tenaya Creek, Yosemite National Park
Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park
Tetons and Snake River
The Scripps Pier
Thundercloud, Ellerly Lake
Thunderheads