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Born February 20, 1902 • San Francisco • California
Died April 22, 1984 (aged 82) • Carmel • California
Founder “Aperture”
Movement / Style Group f.64

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Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams: Mount Williamson—Clearing Storm
Ansel Adams: Half Dome, Apple Orchard, Yosemite
Ansel Adams: Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park
Entrance to the Manzanar War Relocation Center
Ansel Adams and Susan Ford
Adams, Ansel: Canyon de Chelly
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Manzanar War Relocation Center near Lone Pine, Calif.; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943.
Hear John Szarkowski discussing the work of Ansel Adams, Lake McDonald
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