It states in small type under the photograph, "Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California, 1948. Copyright 1985 by the Trustees of the Ansel Adams Rights Trust, Published by New York Graphic Society Books/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Designed by Stephen Harvard, printed by Gardner /Fulmer.


ANSEL ADAMS
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 deeply 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.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Very Good Original Condition, very minor handling creases, will frame up beautifully. Printed on very high quality gloss paper.

Origin:
United States

Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph

Details:
Art Subjects: Landscape, Seascape
Country of Origin: United States
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Frame Type: Unframed

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Very Good Original Condition, very minor handling creases, will frame up beautifully. Printed on very high quality gloss paper.