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A riveting exhibition of 115 of Adams' most memorable and surprising images is now at the National Museum of American Art. On view through March 29, "Ansel Adams, A Legacy: Masterworks from The Friends of Photography Collection" features a broad cross section of images from the artist's prolific 40-year career. Here we find landscapes from his travels through the Southwest, views of San Francisco, pictures of national parks, a variety of portraits, and intimate close-ups of nature, including Dogwood, Yosemite National Park, California and Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska. Here, too, are such hallmark vistas as Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941, and lesser-known works such as Trees in Snow, 1932. The show leaves no doubt as to why Adams is one of the most admired artists of this century. "Like the granite face of Half Dome in his beloved Yosemite National Park," says exhibition curator Andy Grundberg, "Ansel Adams has achieved the status of an enduring monument in the public imagination."
By Diane M. Bolz
A riveting exhibition of 115 of Adams' most memorable and surprising images is now at the National Museum of American Art. On view through March 29, "Ansel Adams, A Legacy: Masterworks from The Friends of Photography Collection" features a broad cross section of images from the artist's prolific 40-year career. Here we find landscapes from his travels through the Southwest, views of San Francisco, pictures of national parks, a variety of portraits, and intimate close-ups of nature, including Dogwood, Yosemite National Park, California and Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska. Here, too, are such hallmark vistas as Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941, and lesser-known works such as Trees in Snow, 1932. The show leaves no doubt as to why Adams is one of the most admired artists of this century. "Like the granite face of Half Dome in his beloved Yosemite National Park," says exhibition curator Andy Grundberg, "Ansel Adams has achieved the status of an enduring monument in the public imagination."
By Diane M. Bolz

I am looking for a print by Ansel Adams that I saw in an office of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. I have crossed this unique curved bridge many, many times traveling from Delaware to Washington, DC and would like to purchase this print as I am aging now. May not be making many more of these trips and this will help keep fond memories.
Posted by Mrs. H. Flowers on March 14,2009 | 07:25AM