His uncompromising portrayal of these subjects still draws pilgrims to the wilderness that bears his name, deep in the heart of the High Sierra, in hopes of seeing what Ansel Adams saw there.

Ansel Adams took his first long trip into the wilderness in 1920, when he was just eighteen. His burro, Mistletoe, carried almost a hundred pounds of gear and food; he himself carried a thirty ...

Ironically, Ansel Adams was impressed with his creativity ... so closely interlinked with the American wilderness. A section called "Early American Western Photography" contained works by Watkins ...

Perhaps no other artist in American history has had more impact on conservation and environmentalism than master photographer Ansel Adams. Born in 1902 in San Fransisco, Adams took a two-day train ...