Aspens, Northern New Mexico (From Large Museum Set)

Print Notes

Adams was driving along the highway through the mountains with his wife and two assistants when they came across this stand of Aspens in mellow golden autumn tints. All three photographers busied themselves looking for their visions, Adams on this occasion was working with the largest of the cameras he routinely used, the 8 x 10 inch plate camera. In both images, great pains were taken to ensure that there were no areas of sky in the composition that would would have been the brightest areas in the scene and very distracting.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1958 | Printed c. 1980
Gelatin silver print
Image Size: 20 x 16 inches
Frame Size: 31 x 26 1/4 inches
Location: Office 330 ~ Unique ID 242

Provenance

Acquired from Anne Adams Helms, 2016.

Literature

Ansel Adams: Classic Images, pl. 63.