Rocks and Limpets, Point Lobos, California

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Rocks and Limpets, Point Lobos, California

Artist Ansel Easton Adams (American, 1902-1984)

Dateabout 1960

Dimensionsimage: 13 1/2 x 18 in. (34.3 x 45.7 cm)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

MediumGelatin-silver print (enlarged from a Polaroid Land Type 55 P/N Negative)

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor

Object number

1989.35

Not on View

Label Text“Mastering the craft of photography came through years of continued work, as did the ability to make images of personal expression. Step by inevitable step, the intuitive process slowly became part of my picture making.” Ansel Adams, artist, unintentional environmentalist, and American icon, made over 40,000 photographs in a remarkable career spanning more than 60 years. Adams felt that precise control of the technical process was essential to creative expression in photography. While he could not change the relationship and position of the subjects in his photographs, he could manipulate the image via methods of exposure and development, lens and filter selection, and camera adjustment to produce prints markedly different from the original scene. He considered this a legitimate and necessary aspect of artistic interpretation.Exhibition HistoryTMA Ansel Adams: June 30 - Sept. 24 2006