Ansel Adams was a twentieth-century photographer known for his black-and-white landscapes, efforts to preserve America's wilderness, and his association with the Sierra Club. Adams understood how publishing could expand the audience for his work, and much
This outstanding multimedia exhibit from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art focuses on seven important Adams works, and is my pick of the day.
In 1941, the National Park Service commissioned Adams to create a photographic mural.
The Emmy-nominated PBS documentary about Adams' life and work first aired on April 21, 2002.
In 1943, Adams documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California that interned Japanese Americans during World War II.