

Tickets are $15 (youth) to $30 (general).
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"Ansel Adams in Our Time" continues through July 23 at the de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Wilson's "When the West Is One" shows two divergent portraits of himself, one as a Western cowboy, the other as an indigenous inhabitant of North America, the two staring at each other. Stephen Tourlentes photographs western super-prisons from a distance at night, revealing the alterations the penitentiary makes in natural space and light.Ĭontemporary photographer Will Wilson addresses indigenous identity, introduced in Adams' work by his photographs of ceremonies and portraits. Library of Congress National Park photographs digitized and curated from the Library of Congress U.S. The legendary photographer explored more than forty national parks in his lifetime, producing some of the most indelible images of the natural world ever made. Misrach's study of light riffs on Adams' amazing use of light.Ībelardo Morell photographs the area surrounding the Rio Grande River as a scene of contested space and dislocation. Locate information about National Parks here Ansel Adams In 1941, Ansel Adams was commissioned to create a photo mural with nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. For many people, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, and other iconic American wildlands exist in the mind’s eye as Ansel Adams photographs. Richard Misrach has four photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge, each shot from the same vantage point on his Berkeley porch, but at differing times of day. Contemporary photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe's collages incorporate Watkins' 19th century view of the area around Yosemite Falls and the Merced River with contemporary views of tourists boating, picnicking and hiking, reminding us that tourism has repurposed the wilderness experience.
