Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984), The Golden Gate Before the Bridge, 1932. Photograph, gelatin silver print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lane Collection, SC69746. ©️ The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ansel Adams in Our Time
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Looking forward and back, this exhibition of more than 100 works by photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) places him in direct conversation with contemporary artists and the photographers who influenced him. Laid out in seven sections tracing Adams’s artistic development, the exhibition features some of his most-loved photographs, including images of Yosemite, San Francisco, and the American Southwest. Adams’s works are shown alongside prints by 19th-century landscape photographers, such as Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge, as well contemporary artists like Trevor Paglen, Will Wilson, and Catherine Opie. Their work engages anew with the sites and subjects that occupied Adams throughout his life — from national parks to the use and misuse of natural resources. Adams’s legacy continues to inspire and provoke, influencing how we envision the landscape and serving as an urgent call to preserve our environment.
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Breathes unexpected life into Adams’s work. . . . Not only does the show remind us how much more there was to Adams than Half Dome, the Grand Canyon, and Cathedral Rocks, it makes a powerful case for his ongoing relevance by hanging his work together with a host of living photographers — all of them energetically engaged with his legacy.
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This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Support for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s presentation has been generously provided by
Presenting Sponsor
Clare C. and Jay D. McEvoy Endowment Fund
Lead Sponsors
The Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums
Major Support
Byers Family
The Herbst Foundation, Inc.
Significant Support
The Ansel Adams Gallery
Generous Support
David A. Wollenberg
Merrill Private Wealth Management
Additional Support is provided by Georgia and Alan Rittenberg