Aspens, Northern New Mexico
date: label: date made
content: ca 1968
name: label: maker
content: Adams, Ansel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Silver gelatin, mounted. View of several tall, thin tree trunks. One thin tree with flowers on left, smaller one, less full on right. Bushes at bottom of photo. Signed, ink (recto: bottom right). Verso: Adams stamp, handwritten title, ink.
label: Description
content: One of two photographs made within an hour of each other in Autumn 1958 in New Mexico, this image of a stand of aspens gives a hint of the yellow leaves on the trees even on a black and white print. Adams was aware of the spatial confusion and low contrast that such forest scenes can present because bits of the bright sky next to patches of dark foliage can hinder composition. He achieved tonal clarity and impact with a long focal length and exposure, and developing for the highlights, as well as printing on high contrast paper.
label: Description
content: Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is one of the most well-known twentieth century photographers. His contributions to the field of photography include his innovation and teaching of the Zone System. The quality of his photographs set the standard by which many straight photographs are judged.
label: Description
content: The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of twenty-five photographs, all printed in or about 1968. All are gelatin silver, mounted, labeled and signed in ink by the photographer. The photographs include some of his most well-known images, but also portraits and objects. The selection of images was made in collaboration between the collecting curator and Adams.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Mexico
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photo History Collection
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content: Ansel Adams Collection
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.117.08
label: accession number
content: 282326
label: catalog number
content: 69.117.8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: photographs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: mount: 14 in x 18 in; 35.56 cm x 45.72 cm