Ansel Adams - George Eastman House (Rochester, NY)

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For any of you that may be in the area or up for a little field trip The George Eastman House has the Ansel Adams exhibit coming to town. It's a great Museum and a must for any serious photographer--in my opinion. Just thought I'd pass it along. I've been attending some of the pre-show events. We had a smaller version of this exhibit a few years ago and it was pretty awesome. Enjoy!

Mike

May 12 through Sept. 3, 2007

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film will present the largest Ansel Adams exhibition in its six-decade history, featuring many photographs Adams gave personally to the museum. Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ansel Adams (1902-1984), George Eastman House revisited its extensive collection of Adams’s work and created an exhibition of 150 photographs that reflects his full career. Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius opened in Spain and has been touring the United States, breaking attendance records at each venue. Prior to its final destination in 2008 in Scotland, the exhibition is coming home to George Eastman House this spring and summer, May 12 through Sept. 3.

In addition to Adams’s iconic black-and-white photographs, two of Adams’s cameras will be on view, given personally to Eastman House — his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, as well as his Kodak Vest-Pocket Autographic Special. A close friend of Eastman House, Adams was in attendance at the grand opening of the museum in 1949 and served as an honorary trustee. The Eastman House exhibition will include additional images of Adams’s time in Rochester.

Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius presents work from the 1920s through the 1960s. Featured will be many of Adams’s most famous images of the American West — Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941, Mount Williamson from Manzanar, California, ca. 1944, and Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, 1927. But prepare to discover equally stupendous (if lesser-known) images such as Mud Hills, Arizona or Water and Foam, or the wonderful abstract titled simply, Stained Wallpaper Near Alturas, Calif.

“Adams aspired to convey the power and grandeur of nature in his black-and-white photographs,” said Jeanne Verhulst, associate curator of exhibitions at George Eastman House and curator of Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius. “He often spent days in the darkroom perfecting his prints. Adams was a master. This exhibition honors the man and celebrates his genius.”

Many may be surprised to see that Adams did not confine himself to landscapes, but also made portraits and other subjects as humble as fence posts into images nearly as monumental as his beloved mountain ranges. Also featured will be an early 1927 portfolio of Parmelian prints (gelatin silver emulsion on parchment paper). George Eastman House is pleased to include this portfolio from its collection for the first time.

Exhibition Admission
A special ticket price will be charged for the Ansel Adams exhibition. Admission is $12 adults; $10 seniors (age 60+); $8 students; $3 children ages 5 to 12; and free for children 4 and under. Members are admitted free. Admission to the Ansel Adams exhibition includes admission to the historic house and gardens and other featured exhibitions.

Exhibition Hours
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday;
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday;
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
The exhibition also will be on view 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays in May, including Memorial Day (May 28), as well as Labor Day (Sept. 3, the closing day).

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:49 am

Thanks for the info. NY is kind of far (halfway around the globe practically), but I might be heading east this summer and a detour across the border into NY might be worthwhile.