Ansel Adams Exhibition, November 16–January 10, 2026
Providence and Pathos:
100 YEARS, THE ANSEL ADAMS GALLERY IN YOSEMITE VALLEY
The Ansel Adams Gallery | Yosemite National Park, CA
100 YEARS, THE ANSEL ADAMS GALLERY IN YOSEMITE VALLEY
NEVADA FALL
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image Size: 9 x 7″
Negative: ca 1930
Print: 1932 – 1936
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
VERNAL FALL
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 11 x 9″
Negative: ca. 1948
Print: 1963
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
CLEARING STORM, SONOMA COUNTY HILLS
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 9 x 11″
Negative: 1951 | Print: 1963
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
BRIDALVEIL FALL
Signed Special Edition Photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 10 x 8″
Negative: 1927
Print: 1958 – 1972
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
SIERRA NEVADA, WINTER EVENING, FROM THE OWENS VALLEY
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 12 x 9″
Negative: 1962
Print: 1963
Signed Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
WOMAN BEHIND SCREEN DOOR, INDEPENDENCE
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 20 x 16″
Negative: 1944
Print:1970
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
Late in 1925, Best’s Studio’s opened its doors for the first time in the New Government Center, now known as Yosemite Village, in Yosemite National Park. What had begun as an artist’s studio confined to a rustic tent over near the Yosemite Chapel, with rocks hand painted on its canvas surface to resemble a more durable and substantial structure, was now rooted on a solid foundation. Many years later, Best’s Studio would change its name to The Ansel Adams Gallery, but the family behind its founding was — and still is — in charge of its operation. To this day we are a fourth generation business, and the longest, continuously run business in any National Park.
Started in 1902, the studio’s original proprietor was Harry Best, a political cartoonist turned en plein air oil painter. His daughter, Virginia Best, grew up in the Yosemite, spending summers summiting peaks (including a first female ascent of a route on Mt. Whitney) and met a young Ansel Adams in 1921 while he was working nearby in Curry Village. In 1928, the couple would be married in the parlor of the current gallery, and in 1936 would take over management of the business. The fortuity of this partnership, their shared love of the arts and environment and dedication to seeing the natural beauty of their cherished Sierra protected for future generations has sustained the gallery to this day, and helped promote the ideals and aesthetic that the Best-Adams family has long held sacrosanct.
In celebration of our 100th anniversary in a gallery built by Mr. Best in 1925, we are thrilled to exhibit a selection of our namesake’s inspiring and passionate photographs ranging from rare early Adams works, to the iconic, heroic landscapes that became Ansel’s trademark in the middle of the 20th century. “Providence and Pathos” commemorates the deep-rooted philosophies of our artistic traditions and serendipity of our time and place to share it with the world as encouraged and stewarded by Ansel and Virginia Best Adams and their family for so many years.
LEAF, GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 7 x 9″
Negative: 1948 | Print: 1963
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Studio Quality
EL CAPITAN
Original Parmelian photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 8 x 6″
Negative: 1925
Print: ca 1920’s
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
SIERRA NEVADA: THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL
Author: Ansel Adams
Published: 1938
Condition: Excellent
Edition Number: 1st edition
ORCHARD, EARLY SPRING NEAR STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 9 x 11″
Negative: 1963
Print:1963
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
HALF DOME, MERCED RIVER, WINTER
Signed Special Edition Photograph
HALF DOME, MERCED RIVER, WINTER
Signed Special Edition Photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 8 x 10″
Negative: 1938 | Print:1958 – 1972
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Studio Quality
SEQUOIA ROOTS, MARIPOSA GROVE
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 10 x 8″
Negative: ca. 1950
Print:1963
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
MT. WILLIAMSON FROM MANZANAR
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 16 x 20″
Negative: 1944
Print: 1978
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
EL CAPITAN, SUNRISE
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 10 x 8″
Negative: 1956
Print: 1959
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
ITINERANT, MERCED, CALIFORNIA
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 20 x 16″
Negative: 1937
Print: ca 1970’s
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
TENAYA CREEK, SPRING RAIN
TENAYA CREEK, SPRING RAIN
Original Gelatin silver Photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 8 x 10″
Negative: ca. 1948 | Print: 1959
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
LODGEPOLE PINES, LYELL FORK
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 11 x 14″
Negative: 1921
Print: ca 1974
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
OAK TREE, SNOWSTORM
Signed Special Edition Photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 9 x 7″
Negative: 1948
Print: 1958 – 1972
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Studio Quality
DUNES, OCEANO
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 7 x 8″
Negative: 1963
Print: 1963
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
SHUTTERS AND DOORS, MOVIE LOT
Original Gelatin silver photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 9 x 7″
Negative: ca 1940
Print: ca 1940 – 1950’s
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Excellent
WINTER FOREST, DETAIL
Signed Special Edition photograph by Ansel Adams
Image size: 9 x 7″
Negative: ca. 1949
Print: 1958 – 1972
Signed: Ansel Adams
Condition: Pristine
FOR QUESTIONS & MORE INFORMATION
Please contact evan@anseladams.com
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THE ANSEL ADAMS GALLERY
VILLAGE MALL
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA 95389