South Bend Museum of Art 2013 American Series
November 1, 2013 – January 12, 2014 | Warner Gallery
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Read this New York Times article about Ansel Adam’s Yosemite
Watch this clip: Steve Moriarty talks about Ansel Adams’ Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico
Visit the University of Notre Dame Snite Museum of Art to view four photographs by Ansel Adams from their collection, November 1, 2013 – January 12, 2014.
Known for his grand views of the American West, Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) created extraordinary photographs that are among the most recognized and celebrated images of the twentieth century. This exhibition features a collection of forty-eight works, about two-thirds of a selection Adams made late in his life to serve as a succinct representation of his life’s work. He himself felt these photographs were his best. Called “The Museum Set,” these works reveal the importance Adams placed on the drama and splendor of natural environments that might not, to the ordinary passing hiker, have revealed their secrets. Included are many of Adams’ most famous and best-loved photographs which encompass the full scope of his work: elegant details of nature, architectural studies, portraits, and the breathtaking landscapes for which he is revered. The exhibition also includes this photo portrait of Ansel Adams by James Alinder.
In a career that spanned more than five decades Ansel Adams became one of America’s most beloved landscape photographers and one of its more respected environmentalists. There are few artists whose name and works represent the extraordinary level of popular recognition and artistic achievement as that of Ansel Adams. Adams profoundly influenced the course of 20th century photography not only through the example of his sumptuous and technically precise images, but also by means of his personal energy and devotion to advancing the cause of photography as an art form. As an artist, educator, innovator, and writer, he helped establish many of the institutions that have come to represent the highest aspirations of the medium of photography.
Also on view will be a small selection of vintage cameras and equipment on loan from Craig Sheaks and Center For History, South Bend.
This exhibition was organized by the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA.
Exhibition tour management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
image: top: Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California by Ansel Adams ©2013 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
bottom: photograph by James Alinder
The South Bend Museum of Art’s 2012-2013 Exhibition Program is made possible, in part, with support from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County’s ArtsEverywhere Initiative.
With Support from:
TELEPHOTO
Electronics, Inc.
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
PANORAMA
Visit South Bend/Mishawaka
Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust Foundation
HIGH RESOLUTION
The Art League
Burkhart Advertising
Indiana Michigan Power
L. Brown and Mary L. Sanders
VIEWFINDER
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Simon
VANTAGE POINT
Century Center
IMAGING
James & Betsy Cooke
George & Mary Coquillard
Anne Feferman
Drs. Harriet Hamer & Abram Bergen
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Mancini
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Murphy III
Dr. Susan Ohmer & Dr. Donald Crafton
Dr. David M. & Mitzi B. Sabato
Jean Scheibelhut
Mrs. James Walton
FOCUS
John Axelberg
Faith Beaupre
Mrs. William S. Benninghoff
Marsha Brook
Dayle Brown & David Piser
Alan M. Bunner
Mary Jane Buzolich
Darlene Catello
Centier Bank
Judith Chase
Tom & Susan Fischbach
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Goldberg
Lea Goldman
Mr. & Mrs Bruce Greenberg
Walter Gunn
Leigh Hayden & Richard Pierce
Mr. & Mrs Harvey Hurst
Betty B. Johannesen
Jon & Edwina Kintner
Phyllis R. Kubale
Sue & Harold Lowe
Susan Lyke & Joe Bock
Jackie Mackenzie
Claudia Maslowski
Mary Ann Moran
Adele Paskin
Kathleen Petitjean
Charlene Plasschaert
Marcia Rickard & Dennis Doordan
Birgit Scott
Neil & Leah Silver
Marika & Thomas G. Smith
Robert & Myrna Wolosin
