San José Museum of Art

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Ansel Adams: Early Works

  • Ansel Adams
    Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958
    Vintage silver gelatin print
    16 x 20 inches (frame size)
    Image courtesy of art2art Circulating Exhibitions
    © Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust 

  • A black and white photograph of a snowy mountain cliff that sticks out diagonally, creating a strong line dividing the dark sky from the white snow. Trees grow from the cliff. At the foot of the mountain, more trees grow, covered and surrounded by snow.

    Ansel Adams
    Monolith, the Face of Half-Dome, 1927
    Vintage silver gelatin print
    18 x 14 inches (frame size)
    Image courtesy of art2art Circulating Exhibitions
    ©Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust 

  • An aerial view of a forest in a distance. Beyond the forest are large mountains, with clouds filling the sky and the space of the photograph. The black and white image looks ominous, with the promise of a storm coming or the aftermath of a fire.

    Ansel Adams
    Storm, Yosemite Valley, California, 1938
    Vintage silver gelatin print
    16 x 20 inches (frame size)
    Image courtesy of art2art Circulating Exhibitions
    © Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

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    Ansel Adams—photographer, musician, naturalist, explorer, critic and teacher—was a giant in the field of landscape photography and a native Californian. This exhibition focused on the masterful, small-scale prints made by Adams from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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    Watch the video below and learn more at www.flickr.com/groups/ansel.

    Visitors like you have submitted Ansel Adams inspired photos to our "Ansel" Flickr group. You can view the photos here and you can also view them right in the Ansel Adams exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art.

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