Ansel Adams Exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art

[tomdills]

The Columbia Museum of Art is currently hosting "Ansel Adams: Masterworks From the Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration Center, Redding, CA." This exhibit ends on Sunday, January 17, 2010.

According to the museum website (http://www.columbiamuseum.org/programs/exhibitions.php?exID=59), this collection of 47 gelatin silver prints by Ansel Adams (1902 -1984) represents a selection Adams made late in his life to serve as a representation of his life’s work and what he felt were his best images. Called “The Museum Set,” the full selection of 75 images reveals the importance Adams placed on the drama and splendor of natural environments. Included in Ansel Adams: Masterworks are many of Adams' most famous and best-loved photographs that encompass the full scope of his work: elegant details of nature, architectural studies, portraits, and the breathtaking landscapes for which he is revered.

Admission to the museum is free on Sundays, courtesy of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.

Kathy & I are hoping to make the trip to Columbia one of the next two Sundays, either 12/27/09 or 1/3/10. If you are interested in joining us, please reply to this post or send me an e-mail (tomdills@earthlink.net). It should be a worthwhile trip to see works of one of photography's greatest masters.

[doubleravven]

Thanks for the heads up Tom. Check out this month's edition of Smithsonian for the piece on Adams' color work. Yes, I said color. He did in deed do some mighty fine work in color too.

[jschornak]

Tom,

Marcia hollared back from the other room that she is interested in going December 27th. So put us down.

Thanks!
John

[tomdills]

We may end up with plans for this Sunday but I'll know soon and will update the post.

[jschornak]

We (Shawn, Julian, Nan, Marcia, and I) went today (Sunday). Unlike recent travel weather, today was a pretty day to be on the road. We had lunch in Columbia (right across from the museum) at the Gotham Bagel Cafe.

We spent about three or four hours in the Columbia Art Museum viewing this exhibit (Ansel Adams Masterworks). The following matted and framed original prints were on display:

Alfred Stieglitz and Painting by Georgia O’Keeffe, An American Place, New York City 1944

Aspens, Dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Autumn, Colorado 1937

Aspens, Northern New Mexico 1958

Barn, Cape Cod, Massachusetts c. 1937

Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Maui, Hawaii c. 1956

Clearing Storm, Sonoma County Hills, California 1951

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California 1944

Cypress and Fog, Pebble Beach, California 1967

Dawn, Autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee 1948

Dune, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico c. 1942

Eagle Peak and Middle Brother, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California c. 1968

El Capitan Fall, Yosemite National Park, California c. 1940

Evening Clouds and Pool, East Side of The Sierra Nevada, from the Owens Valley, California c. 1962

Frozen Lake and Cliffs, The Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California 1932

Ghost Ranch Hills, Chama Valley, Northern New Mexico 1937

The Golden Gate Before the Bridge, San Francisco, California 1932

Grass and Pool, The Sierra Nevada, California c. 1935

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California c. 1938

José Clemente Orozco, New York City 1933

Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington c. 1942

Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California 1921

Manly Beacon, Death Valley National Monument, California c. 1952

Merced River, Cliffs, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, California c. 1939

Metamorphic Rock and Summer Grass, Foothills, The Sierra Nevada, California 1945

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California April 17, 1927

Monument Valley, Arizona 1958

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico October 31, 1941

Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California 1945

Oak Tree, Rain, Sonoma County, California c. 1960

Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, California 1948

Orchard, Portola Valley, California c. 1940

Penitente Morada, Coyote, New Mexico c. 1950

Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, Northern California c. 1960

Rock and Grass, Moraine Lake, Sequoia National Park, California c. 1932

Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California c. 1932

Sand Bar, Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park, Texas 1947

Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California c. 1948

Siesta Lake, Yosemite National Park, California c. 1958

Spanish American Woman, near Chimayo, New Mexico 1937

Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite National Park, California c. 1948

Tenaya Lake, Mount Conness, Yosemite National Park, California c. 1946

The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming 1942

Trailer Camp Children, Richmond, California 1944

Trailside, near Juneau, Alaska 1947

Trees, Slide Lake, Grand Teton National Park c. 1965

Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley, California c. 1948

White Mountain Range, Thunderclouds, from the Buttermilk Country, near Bishop, California 1959

Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California December, 1944

One of my favorite images (now) of his was the Dawn, Autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee (1948) ... I didn't even know he shoot in the GSMNP.

Seeing these original masterworks in person was definitely worth the drive down to Columbia. And the company was even more special ... thanks guys and gals for a wonderful Sunday afternoon!

I hope the rest of you can get down there before the exhibit leaves in mid-January. Tom, thank you for the "heads up" on this wonderful opportunity (sorry you and Kathy weren't able to go today).

Thanks!
John

[jschornak]

Sorry, the website duplicated my post above.

Thanks!
John

[tomdills]

Kathy & I made the trek to Columbia today and viewed the exhibit. I must say it is an impressive collection of Adams' work and well worth the trip.

The show ends on 1/17 and Sundays are free!