1959
The San Francisco–born photographer Ansel Adams is celebrated for his majestic black-and-white photography that brought the deserts, mountains and forests of the American West to the public. His images, beloved for their raw beauty and the magic of their subjects, are known around the world and widely reproduced as calendars and posters.
A sickly child with little attraction to sports or games, Adams early on developed an avid interest in the natural surroundings of his San Francisco home, on the heights facing Golden Gate Park. This passion found a productive outlet in photography, which he discovered at 14, when his father gave him his first camera during a family trip to Yosemite National Park. He spent much of the ensuing decades capturing Yosemite’s vast and varied wonders.
Adams’s photographs were first published in 1921. Even these early efforts demonstrate his eye for composition and his sensitivity to tonal balance and textural contrast. In the mid-1920s, he began to play with soft focus, as in the dreamy 1927 Lyell Fork Meadows, which appears bathed in a hazy, nostalgic light. The 1948 Sunrise over Sand Dunes in Death Valley exemplifies Adams’s later experiments with stark contrasts in light and geometric framing, which transform the landscape into a near abstraction.
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Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print with exemplary provenance is unsigned but bears several stamps from the artist's family on the back of the mount, including the authentication stamp of Adam...
Silver Gelatin
$450
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.13 in
Alaska Forest Stream - Black & White Landscape Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful black & white landscape photograph of forest trees and stream in the woods of Alaska, by Anchorage-based nature photographer George Provost (American, 20th Century). Hand signed and dated "George Provost 1989" lower right. Photograph is hand made from an 8x10 camera negative in a traditional "wet" darkroom, by the photographer. Mounted on white mat board. Unframed. Image size: 19"H x 15"W. Born in California, Provost grew up in the Bay Area. He has lived and worked in Alaska since 1987, specializing in large format, fine art, black and white photography. His work has been exhibited in over 60 exhibitions, received numerous awards, and is included in hundreds of collections, both public and private. George Provost was an Isle Royale...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sunset Hills, CA, (Creek and rocks)
By Ansel Adams
Located in Westwood, NJ
Carmel credit stamps on verso titled in ink by Adams on stamp. signed in ink on mount. Gallery 270 represents distinguished photographers of the 20th Century and the emergent photog...
Silver Gelatin
Backwater, Consunmes River California
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist Dry mounted on board. Framed in museum quality non reflective black frame with 8ply over mat. Excellent Condition, purchased from Roman Loranc. Editioned.
Silver Gelatin
Deer Creek, Yosemite
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the form of the mount with stamp and date on the back of the mount. Likely printed in the 1990s.
Silver Gelatin
$1,740
H 20 in W 25 in
Yosemite Landscape Photography: 1950s Rapids on Photographic Paper
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
$1,740
H 25 in W 20 in
Sierra Trees D, Yosemite Landscape Photography, 1950s, Unframed, 25x20
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
$1,740
H 25 in W 20 in
Sierra Trees A, Yosemite Landscape Photography, 1950s, Unframed, 25x20
By Tom Ferderbar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available: 16 x 16 16 x 20 16 x 24 20 x 20 20 x 30 28 x 28 28 x 35 30 x 45 40 x 40 40 x 50 40 x 60 Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Photographic Paper
Trees Near Gualala California - Trees In Fog
By Kerik Kouklis
Located in Carmel, CA
Platinum/Palladium (there was no pull down for this) Print Date 2014 Hand printed by artist Edition 1/15 Corner Mounted Outer Dimensions 28x32"
Platinum
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.25 in
Still Creek in the Forest - Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Creek in the Forest - Silver Gelatin Print This photo depicts a shallow creek running through the woods by san Francisco photographer Florencio E. Monteverde (Italian/American...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Lyell Fork Meadows
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the print. Printed circa 1927.
White Stumps, Sierra Nevada, CA
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist mount recto and with artist's stamp mount verso.
Silver Gelatin
Del Monte Forest 1956
By Wynn Bullock
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the mount.
Silver Gelatin
Cypress and Stone Crop, Point Lobos, 1946
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Stamped and signed on the back of the mount, Witkin label affixed to the back of the mount. Edition of 55. The Weston Gallery is located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA and owned by Matthew...
Silver Gelatin
East Vidette
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed (AE Adams), titled, printed on the front of print. Rare vintage parmelian print from 1927.
The Abode of Snow
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed with printed title on the front of the print. Very early parmelian print by Ansel Adams.
