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Ansel Adams Masterworks

July 18 – September 13, 2009

Photography Ansel Adams, "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California", April 17, 1927, photograph. © 2008 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.Ansel Adams, Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, April 17, 1927, photograph. © 2008 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

Ansel Adams is one of the few American artists to become a household name. Certainly he is the only photographer to have reached such heights of popular recognition. And for good reason. His breathtaking black and white images of pristine landscapes and natural vignettes strike a primeval chord, highlighting the essential connection between human beings and the natural world.

The 47 photographs featured in Ansel Adams: Masterworks are part of a larger group called “The Museum Set,” which Adams personally selected to serve as a succinct representation of his life’s work. The exhibition presents a special opportunity for the public to see photographs that the artist viewed as his best. Included are images of Yosemite, where Adams spent many seasons living and working as a youth, National Parks throughout the American West, as well as photographs captured in New Mexico, the Great Smokey Mountains, New York City, Hawaii and on Cape Cod.

Ansel Adams: Masterworks was organized by the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA. Exhibition tour management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.

Ansel Adams, Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1945, photograph. Ansel Adams, Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1945, photograph. © 2009 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.