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Unearthing the Enigma of Moonrise
Ansel Adams’ “Moonrise, Hernandez” stands as one of the most famous and iconic photographic images in history.
Interview with Bob Kolbrener
Join us in an interview with Bob Kolbrener, fine art photographer, explorer, and creative optimist.
Staff Spotlight: Staff Photographer Michael Wise
In an interview with Michael Wise, Staff Photographer for The Ansel Adams Gallery, we discover a reverence Michael has for the surrounding Nature in his home of Yosemite National Park, and how he has grown as an artist since arriving here.
Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958
Ansel Adams made this image of “Teklanika River” in the summer of 1947, when he and his son Michael set out on a Guggenheim Fellowship to document the pristine wilderness of Alaska.
Staff Spotlight: Staff Photographer Brittany Colt
Staff Photographer Brittany Colt joined The Ansel Adams Gallery in 2018 after developing a passion for teaching photography.
Glowing Luminosity: A Grove of Tamarack Pine
Ansel Adams Famous Images
Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake
Ansel Adams’ Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake captures one of America’s greatest national landmarks—Oregon’s Crater Lake—in all its glory. The image portrays both the grandeur of the Lake, but also the silent stoicism of its environs.
Yosemite and The West: Photographs by Bob Kolbrener
Bob Kolbrener has been photographing these landscapes for over 50 years with his large and medium format cameras.
AltWheels Fleet Day – October 5, 2020
Vagabonds To Icons | August 2020
Staff Spotlight: Staff Photographer Mike Reeves
Staff Photographer Mike Reeves grew up visiting Yosemite and has lived in the park since 2010. Mike leads photography classes and private photography guiding at The Ansel Adams Gallery.
Vagabonds to Icons: What It Means to Climb In Yosemite
For climbers hoping for a taste of true adventure, there’s still no more important place than Yosemite Valley. There, nature musters a vast array of challenges, from the crack climbs of Glacier Point and the Merced River Valley to the startlingly sheer rock faces of Half Dome and El Capitan.
Rivers & Streams | July 2020
Teklanika River: Original Photograph by Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams made this image of “Teklanika River” in the summer of 1947, when he and his son Michael set out on a Guggenheim Fellowship to document the pristine wilderness of Alaska.
Early Waterfalls Video
The Ansel Adams Gallery is delighted to announce the recent acquisition of two spectacular rare photographs by Ansel Adams. "Bridalveil Fall" and "Nevada Fall."
Ask Jimmy Chin a Question
Vagabonds to Icons: Photographs of Yosemite’s Climbing Revolution
The Ansel Adams Gallery will be hosting our new exhibition “Vagabonds to Icons: Photographs of Yosemite’s Climbing Revolution” in Yosemite Village from May 24th to August 22nd with works by Ansel Adams, Glen Denny, Tom Frost, Dean Fidelman, Corey Rich and Jimmy Chin among others on display.
The Environmentalist Photographer Meets the Conservation President
While legendary photographer Ansel Adams is best known for his dramatic landscapes, he made images in many genres, including portraiture. On November 5-6, 1979, President Jimmy Carter, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and Vice President Walter Mondale had portraits made by Adams for the National Portrait Gallery, and today they are part of that collection.
Half Dome, Evening, From Olmsted Point (c. 1959)
In the high country of Yosemite, the high-altitude Tioga Pass is Yosemite’s gateway to the East, winding amongst some of the country’s most spectacular alpine scenery.
Conserving the Spirit of Yosemite: Ansel Adams’ Early Years in the Sierra Club
There is perhaps no photographer in American history who stood for the ethos of stewardship for our shared environment as much as Ansel Adams, who over the course of his decades-long career did more than just introduce Americans to their wild places, but encouraged them to protect them.