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Photographer Ansel Adams spoke of the ‘Art of Visualization’ around his photography methods. This concept revolves around the photographer imagining where the audience’s eye will move across a scene before taking the shot. Visualization helps the photographer frame a scene in a way that aligns with their intent. Shop a collection of Ansel Adams photography from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Petroglyphs, Monument Valley Utah
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel, CA
Rare original photograph. Large size. From Portfolio V.
Print date (c. 1979) and the edition size 25/110.
Printed by Ansel Adams
Has some chipping on the edges, which do not deter fr...
Category
1950s Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" is a photograph by famed landmark photographer Ansel Adams taken in 1941 and printed c. 1959. The photograph is signed on verso with artist's stamp,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tuscon, Arizona
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original vintage gelatin silver photograph printed circa 1944 by Ansel Adams. Signed in pencil lower right on the front of the mount. Very good vintage condition: some silvering top left quadrant, small edge chips on sides. Photograph is archivally overmatted to 18 1/6 x 14 1/2 inches so frame ready. Comes unframed.
ANSEL ADAMS
(AMERICAN, 1902 - 1984)
Ansel Easton Adams was known for his black and white photographs of the California's Yosemite Valley. Adams was also the author of numerous books about photography, including his trilogy of technical instruction manuals (The Camera, The Negative, and The Print). He co-founded the photographic association Group f/64 along with other masters like Edward Weston, Willard Van Dyke...
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Written by Ansel Adams: The cold wind of the night before had abated and the air was free of the swirling dust that we had first encountered. We had arrived at Manzanar at dusk the p...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ski Touring
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
A very rare example of Ansel Adams' early scenes in the Yosemite area. The signature, in pencil, is indicative of an early print as the "E" of his name is included. Comparables have ...
Category
Early 20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed 1970s. The photo of Mount McKinley with Wonder Lake in the foreground was taken in the summer while Adams was in Alaska on a Guggenheim Fellowship trip. It was one of the rar...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
