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Ansel Adams Gallery |
Oak Tree: Sunrise
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Oak Tree: Sunrise
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The Tetons & the Snake River (embossed)
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Enter Gallery
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Gallery Description
Ansel Adams was America’s most popular nature photographer. He is to date seen as one of the greatest environmental heroes especially in Yosemite. Born in San Francisco, he spent his childhood days playing in the sand dunes beyond the Golden gate from where he derived his love and inspiration for nature and photography. His love and dedication to the wilderness preservation, his committed work for the Sierra Club and his famous signature photographs shot in the Wild West, in black and white inspire an appreciation of the beauty abundant in nature and ethics one needs to conserve this beauty.
When Ansel Adams first went to the Yosemite national park he was struck by the beauty; the valley kept drawing him towards it and he would reach these beautiful mountains accompanied by a mule laden with photographic gear and supplies. By now he had joined the Sierra Club, and soon became the club’s official photographer. His role with the club soon grew and he assumed greater roles. His first works of photography and writing were published in Sierra Club Bulleti. As his involvement with the club grew, he got politically involved with the club activities, giving suggestions for improving the parks and conserving the wild life. He was made a member of the Board of Directors and he remained as a member for 37 years.
Adams images were first used by the Sierra Club, in 1930’s for propagating the need for creating a national park in Kings River region in Sierra Nevada. Adams created an impressive limited edition book called, Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, for this very purpose. People were impressed and influenced by his work and the park was created in 1940. In 1980 Adams was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in 1986 the Conservation Service Award.
Though often criticized by many for not including humans in his photographs and for representing an idealized wilderness that doesn’t exist anymore, Adams remains the most revered artist, activist and conservationist; He believed in both the possibility and probability of humankind living in harmony with its environment.
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Saturday, July, 5 th
2008
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