![]() ![]() ![]() The Lanes' gift was the genesis for the current exhibition, presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in partnership with the de Young. And it was at a 1963 de Young exhibition of Adams' work that William and Saundra Lane (whose collection of 450 Adams photographs was donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) first met Adams and began collecting his work. This exhibition very much belongs at the de Young, where Adams-a San Francisco native who took pictures of Yosemite at age 14-had his first photography exhibition in 1932. It also provides a visual dialogue with photographers who preceded him, and those who followed him in contemporary times who carried on his interest in the beauty of the West as well as in the environmental advocacy and ecological concerns he addressed. "Ansel Adams in Our Time," at the de Young Museum in San Francisco through July, is not simply an exhibition of the famed artist's work. ![]() He even scaled snow-covered cliffs, as a clip of a 1917 film at the beginning of "Ansel Adams in Our Time" reveals, to capture images he visualized in his mind's eye before snapping the shutter. Adams' unparalleled views of sequoia forests, soaring mountains and the moon illuminating them were products of his frequent trips to the area. For many, photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984) offers an introduction to the splendors of the American West, particularly Yosemite National Park, in all their rugged beauty. ![]()
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