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Founded in 1975 by then-University of Arizona President John P. Schaefer and photographer Ansel Adams, the Center for Creative Photography is the largest institution in the world devoted to documenting the history of North American photography. Here one can survey the complete archives of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Frederick Sommer, W. Eugene Smith, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Garry Winogrand, and other great photographers of the modern era. The Center’s 5,000 square-foot gallery hosts an ongoing stream of original exhibitions that travel to venues around the world and a permanent collection gallery features selected highlights of photographic history. To accompany its exhibitions and share knowledge about the medium of photography, the Center offers lectures, tours, and many other educational opportunities. It also publishes exhibition catalogues and books on the history of photography, its theory, criticism, and practice.
 

Current Exhibition

Ansel Adams: The View from Here
Curated by Rebecca A. Senf, PhD, Norton Family Curator
December 10, 2011 – March 4, 2012
CCP Gallery, Free Admission
 

Upcoming Events

Josiah McElheny
January 30, 2012
5:30pm
CCP Auditorium, Free Admission

Presented by the University of Arizona School of Art Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series
http://cfa.arizona.edu/vase/index.html

Photo Fridays
February 3, 2012
11:30am - 3:30pm
CCP Print Viewing Room, Free Admission
 


 
Image Credit:

Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, 1962. Ansel Adams Archive.© The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

 

To search the CCP photography collection, please visit the University of Arizona Institutional Repository.

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