Photographic History Collection: Ansel Adams
date: label: Date made
content: 1923-1968
name: label: maker
content: Adams, Ansel
notes: 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 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.
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: COLL.PHOTOS.000006
label: accession number
content: 282326; 282104
label: catalog number
content: 69.117.1-.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ansel Adams Collection
label: Object Name
content: Ansel Adams Collection
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)