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
Perhaps no photographer's work has enjoyed such popularity as Ansel Adams's awe-inspiring views of the natural world. His early trips to the Yosemite wilderness in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s informed the stylistic approach that made him famous. These treks included not only the physical activities of hiking, camping, and mountain climbing, but also social, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual elements. With forty photographs and supporting documents from the Ansel Adams Archive, Ansel Adams: The View from Here explores the relationship between Adams's magical photographs of the American landscape - both its panoramic vistas and its intimate details - and how he came to understand the importance of his natural environment.
CCP Lecture Series:
Mary Virginia Swanson:
Ansel Adams: Advocate for American Photography
March 1, 2012
5:30pm
CCP Auditorium, Free Admission
Mary Virginia Swanson worked closely with Ansel Adams during her tenure as director of education at The Friends of Photography (1980-1984), an organization that Adams co-founded and served as Chair of the Board of Directors until his death in 1984. She will discuss Adams's life-long contributions to the broad acceptance of photography as an art form and will chart his passion for sharing his love of the medium throughout his career. Highlights will include Adams’s early days leading photography "outings" in Yosemite for the Sierra Club, his role in establishing a permanent Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, and his involvement as teacher and mentor to many of today's most respected photographers. Swanson went on to Special Projects at Magnum Photos, relocating to Tucson in 1991 to found Swanstock, an innovative agency managing licensing rights for fine art photographers. Today, Swanson is widely respected as an educator, creative consultant and author; her most recent title co-authored with Darius Himes is Publish Your Photography Book (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010).
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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  © Athena Lonsdale |
