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Past Exhibition

Ansel Adams: The Masterworks

April 9, 2022 through July 31, 2022

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This exhibition included 32 black and white gelatin silver prints, spanning four decades of photography. The Masterworks showcases the skill and talent through which Ansel Adams captured the majesty of National Parks, the unique peoples of New Mexico and the ever-changing landscapes of America. 

Highlights From the Exhibition

Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar, California, 1945. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. ©The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. From the collection of Virginia Adams Mayhew.

Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley, California, ca. 1948. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. ©The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. From the collection of Virginia Adams Mayhew.

Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, ca. 1948. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. ©2016 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. From the collection of Virginia Adams Mayhew.

Masterworks contained some of Adams’ most well-known images, such as Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Aspens, Northern New Mexico; and Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada. This exhibition invited the viewer to see and feel how Adams experienced America—a place of vast natural wonder, breathtaking beauty and worthy of environmental protection. 

“Beauty is at the heart of this exhibition; it serves as an opportunity for us to connect with the awe-inspiring natural beauty found all over this country, lifting us out of the day-to-day.”

Laura Hine, former Executive Director

Ansel Adams: The Masterworks is a traveling exhibition created by the Booth Western Art Museum.

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