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The Arts Intel Report

Discovering Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams,The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942.

Until Jan 19, 2025
953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202, United States

In 1916, when he was 14, Ansel Adams visited Yosemite National Park with his family. He wrote in his diary: “The splendor of Yosemite burst upon us and it was glorious … One wonder after another descended upon us … There was light everywhere … A new era began for me.” During the trip, Ansel’s father gave him a Kodak Box Brownie camera. Destiny! By the 1940s, Adams was America’s most celebrated photographer, known for his virtuosic black-and-white shots of the country’s most majestic landscapes. In this exhibition, 80 prints are on view, all of which traveled from the Center for Creative Photography, in Tucson. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust