ANSEL ADAMS IN THE NEWS

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The son of world-famous photographer Ansel Adams, Michael Adams had an interesting childhood. “It was a very different type of upbringing compared to my contemporaries at that time,” said Adams, 79, a retired doctor, during a recent telephone interview from his California home. “I had a lot of experiences that were quite satisfying and wonderful.” [...]

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‘Ansel Adams: A Legacy’ exhibit closes April 14

by By MARGA LINCOLN Independent Record April 2, 2013

It’s been one of the Holter Museum of Art’s most popular exhibits ever, and folks keep coming. But procrastinators beware, time is running out. “Ansel Adams: A Legacy” closes Sunday, April 14, but it’s not too late to spend some quality time with the work of this iconic American photographer and environmentalist. And more events [...]

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Ansel Adams: The drama and beauty of the American West

by Matthew Ponsford, for CNN March 29, 2013

London (CNN) — Famed for his rugged, immense portraits of the American West, Ansel Adams regularly tops lists of the 20th century’s greatest nature photographers. Adams has won countless awards, including the highest U.S. civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In his home country, he is one of the few photographers to have become [...]

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Michael Adams discusses why his father would have embraced digital photography but snubbed the aggressive stunts of environmental activists How glorious would the British countryside have looked through the lens of Ansel Adams? The Glenfinnan viaduct swooping through the Highlands, the ancient crags of Dorset’s Jurassic coast, the rocky valleys of Snowdonia, the volcanic patchwork [...]

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Jazz great Dave Brubeck, who passed away yesterday, died hours before before receiving what a Grammy nomination, in the best instrumental category, for Ansel Adams: America, a symphonic piece inspired by Adams’ photogoraphs that he co-wrote with his son, Chris see the full story

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Ansel Adams exhibit returns to Turtle Bay

by Damon Arthur November 16, 2012

http://www.redding.com/news/2012/nov/16/ansel-adams-exhibit-returns-to-turtle-bay/ Exhibit opened initially at Redding exploration park in 2002 After 10 years, Turtle Bay Exploration Park has put on display its collection of prints from famous photographer Ansel Adams. The exhibit, which opened Thursday, includes 48 prints that were one of the first displays at the park’s museum when it opened in 2002. Since [...]

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Alastair Sooke reviews Ansel Adams at the National Maritime Museum and Cartier Bresson at Somerset House: photographs of the wilderness and city life read more at The Telegraph

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Museum unveils new photography exhibit

by Justin Crann October 28, 2012

Some of the more than 60 photos on display in the Two Views photo exhibit at the Western Development Museum The Moose Jaw Western Development Museum opened a new photography exhibit on Saturday. The exhibit, called Two Views: Photography by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank, features photographs of Japanese Americans and Canadians being taken to [...]

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Unique exhibit by two artists from California

by Debbie Croft – Sun-Star Correspondent October 18, 2012

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Located beneath the pines in the Village Mall of Yosemite National Park is the Ansel Adams Gallery. Nature photography, contemporary paintings and etchings by landscape artists are continuously on display. Exhibits are featured throughout the year, as are classes and educational workshops. Examples of works by Sally Owens and Tom Killion are [...]

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The girls of Manzanar

by The Orange County Register September 22, 2012

One was photographed by Ansel Adams. The other wrote a best-selling memoir. Their stories still resonate.   By THERESA WALKER / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The girls were 7 when Executive Order 9066 uprooted their lives in Los Angeles. That April, in 1942, both ended up more than 200 miles away from their homes at [...]

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