Artworks · Ansel Adams

Helen Lake

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount Davis

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount McGee

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Peak in Le Conte Canyon

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

First Recess - Mono Creek

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lodgepole Pine

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

7 7/8 × 6" (20 × 15.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palisade Canyon from Grouse Valley

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount Henry and Sally Keyes Lake from near Heart Lake

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount Huxley, near Evolution Lake

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount Goddard

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

From Vogelsang Pass

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Great Western Divide from Bear Paw Meadow Trail

1930 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Church, Mariposa, California

1929 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20.7 × 13 cm (8 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Mount: 45.6 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

1929 · Gelatin silver print

7 1/2 × 9 7/16" (19 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life, San Francisco, California

1927 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.3 × 15.6 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California

1927 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.3 × 22.7 cm (7 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Mount: 34.5 × 45.7 cm (13 5/8 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

1927 · Gelatin silver print, No. 1 from "Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley" (1959)

Image/paper: 28.1 × 20.7 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Mount: 34.3 × 40.8 cm (13 9/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Galen Clark, Yosemite Park

1927 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 20.2 × 15.1 cm (8 × 6 in.); Paper: 30.2 × 25.2 cm (11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Branches and Snow, Yosemite National Park

1927 · Gelatin silver print, No. 5 from "Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley" (1959)

Image/paper: 17.6 × 13.4 cm (6 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

1927 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 20.2 × 15.2 cm (8 × 6 in.); Paper: 30.1 × 25.1 cm (11 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

On The Heights, Yosemite Valley

1927 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 15.1 × 20.2 cm (6 × 8 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 30.1 cm (9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley

1927 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1960

11 1/8 × 8 3/16" (28.2 × 20.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley

1927 · Gelatin silver print

7 3/4 × 5 3/4" (19.7 × 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Yosemite National Park, California

1925 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 19.5 × 24.1 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.3 × 40.3 cm (13 9/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marion Lake, Southern Sierra

1925 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.4 × 19.6 cm (5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 30.1 cm (9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Roaring River Falls, Kings River Canyon

1925 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 20.2 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 30.1 × 25.3 cm (11 7/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Church at Ranchos de Taos (Built in 1772), pl. 12 from the album "Taos Pueblo" (1930)

1924 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 15.2 × 21.2 cm (6 × 8 3/8 in.); Paper: 42.8 × 31.6 cm (16 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Clarence King, Kings Canyon National Park, California

1924 · Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1977

12 1/8 × 9" (30.9 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner Peak, Thousand Island Lake, Central Sierra

1923 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 15.1 × 20.2 cm (6 × 8 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 30.1 cm (9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Hooper

1923 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print")

7 7/8 × 6" (20 × 15.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount Lyell

1923 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print"), printed c. 1930

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner Peak and Thousand Island at Sunset

1923 · Gelatin silver print

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Yosemite Valley

1923 · Gelatin silver print ("Parmelian print"), printed c. 1930

6 × 7 7/8" (15.3 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Rosette Loewenstein

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.7 × 15.8 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.); Mount: 45.6 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forest, Winter, Yosemite Valley

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.6 × 17 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Mount: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Clarence King, Southern Sierra

1922 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 20.2 × 15.2 cm (8 × 6 in.); Paper: 30 × 25.1 cm (11 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

East Vidette, Southern Sierra

1922 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.6 × 19.7 cm (5 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 30.2 cm (9 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sentinel, Yosemite Valley

1922 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.4 × 19.6 cm (5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Paper: 25 × 30.2 cm (9 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Brewer, Southern Sierra

1922 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.5 × 19.1 cm (5 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 30.2 cm (9 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cloud and Mountain, Marion Lake, Southern Sierra

1922 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.5 × 19.6 cm (5 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 30.1 cm (9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

El Capitan, Yosemite Valley

1922 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 18.3 × 14.5 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Paper: 30 × 25.4 cm (11 13/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Grove of Tamarack Pine, Near Timber Line

1921 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.3 × 19.5 cm (5 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25 × 30.2 cm (9 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

North House (Hlauuma) and Taos Mountain, pl. 1 from the album "Taos Pueblo" (1930)

1920 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 15.2 × 21.2 cm (6 × 8 3/8 in.); Paper: 42.8 × 31.6 cm (16 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lower Paradise Valley, Southern Sierra

1920 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 15 × 20.3 cm (5 15/16 × 8 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 30.1 cm (9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kearsarge Pinnacles, Southern Sierra

1920 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 14.5 × 19.7 cm (5 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Paper: 25.8 × 30 cm (10 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

From Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley

1920 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras" (1927)

Image: 15 × 20.3 cm (5 15/16 × 8 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 30 cm (9 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ruins of Old Church (Destroyed in 1847), pl. 4 from the album "Taos Pueblo" (1930)

1920 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 15.1 × 21.2 cm (6 × 8 3/8 in.); Paper: 42.8 × 31.6 cm (16 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Girl of Taos, pl. 6 from the album "Taos Pueblo" (1930)

1920 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.8 × 16.2 cm (9 × 6 7/16 in.); Paper: 42.8 × 31.6 cm (16 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago