Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was one the greatest photographers and environmentalists of the twentieth century. His career spans to more than sixty years. He created over 40,000 photographs. He is possibly the most honored photographer in history. I would say that he is my greatest inspiration in landscape photography. He really got me into it.

He was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous honorary degrees. His photographs have been exhibited at many of the world’s major museums.

Ansel Adams began to photograph in color soon after Kodachrome was invented in the mid-1930s, and shot more than 3,000 color images during the course of his lifetime.

This book is a major event in the history of photographic publishing. These photographs show Adams’ passionate love of the American landscape in color, still showing his same great technical abilities that he has shown in his classic black and white pictures.

“A photograph is usually looked at – and seldom looked into.” -Ansel Adams

Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, Calif.

Mount McKinley, Denali National Park, Alaska

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, U.S.

Caladium Leaves, Foster Botanical Gardens, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1948

Late Evening, Monument Valley, Utah, U.S.

Ansel Adams, The Photographer

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deletereply wickedlyinnocent wrote on Oct 27, ’07 These are beautiful photos, thanks Laurita, great post, have a wonderful Sunday.

deletereply papahere wrote on Oct 27, ’07 I love environmental photographers!..I am going to explore him further and see if I can create some new slide shows..thanks for reminding me of another source.~~Papa

deletereply sestree wrote on Oct 28, ’07 One of my favorite Art Sunday blogs was the black and white photographs of Ansel Adams. Actually I think I featured him twice. He captured the Grand Tetons that I remember oh so well.

deletereply annedigitalis wrote on Oct 28, ’07 Very nice to see his color work, most focus on his black and whites.

deletereply rooanns wrote on Oct 28, ’07 Absolutely Gorgeous!!!

deletereply philsgal7759 wrote on Oct 28, ’07 Simply spectacular