Historical Photo Archive “Ansel Adams Snake River ” LE 18.5x22 Fine Art Giclee on Paper #16/375

The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Image by photographer Ansel Adams. Please note, item shows signs of wear.

Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was a landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed an exacting system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a deep technical understanding of how tonal range is recorded and developed in exposure, negative development, and printing. The resulting clarity and depth of such images characterized his photography.

Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 12, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of the Sierra Club. He was later contracted with the United States Department of the Interior to make photographs of national parks. For his work and his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.

Adams was a key advisor in establishing the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an important landmark in securing photography's institutional legitimacy. He helped to stage that department's first photography exhibition, helped found the photography magazine Aperture, and co-founded the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.

This Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee is printed on acid-free, museum-quality paper with a hand-torn deckled edge measuring 18.5" x 22". It is hand-titled and hand-numbered. Although this image can be used by others, the Historical Photo Archive collection will not produce more than 375 pieces. Each piece of art features an embossed seal of quality from the Historical Photo Archive collection.



Historical Photo Archive: The archival collection contains historically and socially significant imagery that documents the human experience throughout the centuries up to the present day. The collection features sport and music icons, notable luminaries as well as landmark moments.

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