‘Store Room, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco,’ c. 1933. Photograph by Ansel Adams. @deyoungmuseum #anseladams #museumlife #historyofphotography #sanfrancisco

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‘Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon,’ 1943. Photograph by Ansel Adams©️ The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

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Born on this day in 1895, Dorothea Lange photographed the impact of poverty, displacement, and injustice across the American landscape, documenting the circumstances and the people who endured them with clarity, respect, and an unflinching eye. Her pictures depict hardship and resilience—most famously in ‘Migrant Mother,’ a breathtaking image that came to symbolize the Great Depression and helped build support for federal relief programs. Later, her work documenting the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II—commissioned by the U.S. government, then suppressed—stood as a stark indictment of state power and its abuses. Shortly before her death in 1965, Ansel visited Lange at her Berkeley home and created these intimate portraits. Decades earlier, in a statement for ‘Camera Craft’ (circa 1933) Ansel observed: “An extraordinary phenomenon in photography. [Dorothea Lange] is both a humanitarian and an artist. Her pictures of people show an uncanny perception, psychologic and emotional, which is transmitted with immense impact on the spectator. To my mind she represents the almost perfect balance of artist and human being… Her pictures tell you of many things; they tell you those things with conviction, directness, completeness. There is never propaganda—only a throbbing inclusive message. If any documents of this turbulent age are to endure, the photographs of Dorothea Lange will, most certainly.” —A.A. #DorotheaLange #AnselAdams #DocumentaryPhotography #MigrantMother #GreatDepression #historyofphotography #botd #bornonthisday #todayinphotohistory

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“Ansel Adams, Photographer,” circa 1930. Photographed by Dorothea Lange. Film negative Gift of Paul S. Taylor 5 in x 4 in A67.137.898 © The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California #anseladams #dorothealange #historyofphotography #1930s @oaklandmuseumca

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During his “mural project” expeditions, Ansel created an extended series of Grand Canyon photographs, moving along the rim to capture varying perspectives and light. He worked at dawn and sunset, seeking the dramatic shadow effects cast by the low sun. When proposals emerged to dam the Colorado River, Ansel passionately opposed them: “Friends tell me, ‘I don’t see how the Lower Colorado dam can do any harm—only a handful of people see that part of the Grand Canyon anyway, and with a lake there people can easily see things they’ve never been able to see before.’ I suggest we fill the Sistine Chapel two-thirds full of water so visitors can float around and see the ceiling paintings to better advantage!” ‘Grand Canyon from Point Imperial, Arizona,’ c. 1942. Photograph by Ansel Adams. #AnselAdams #GrandCanyon #Photography #Conservation #NationalParks #WildernessProtection #protectourparks

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🚨Exhibition Alert!🚨 Repost from @okcmoa: Installation is underway for “Discovering Ansel Adams,” our upcoming special exhibition! Follow along in our stories this week as we take you behind the scenes. 📷 “Discovering Ansel Adams” opens June 7. Visit the link in our bio to buy tickets to the exhibition today! — “Discovering Ansel Adams” is presented by Kirsten and David Griffin and organized by the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, with the support of The Museum Box, and is curated by Ansel Adams scholar and Center for Creative Photography Chief Curator Dr. Rebecca Senf. @anseladams @cntrforcreativephoto

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“Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California,” 1921. Photograph by Ansel Adams.

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‘Alfred Stieglitz at an American Place, New York, New York,’ c. 1945. Photograph by Ansel Adams As reproduced in “Ansel Adams In Color,” edited by Harry M. Callahan @littlebrown ©️The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

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Back in the day, Ansel’s fellow photographer and friend Edward Weston lived a few hours south of San Francisco, in Carmel, and Ansel often drove down the coast to visit him and his wife, Charis. On one visit he recalled, “I told Charis I was looking for a place to make a really good photograph of Edward. She said there was a big eucalyptus tree nearby that he liked.” Earlier that year Edward had photographed the tree’s “exciting roots.” When Ansel eventually moved to Carmel many years later, he built a home not far from it. In ‘Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs,’ he wrote, “At first I was not satisfied with the location and I began to explore nearby. Edward sat down at the base of the tree to await my decision.” After initially gravitating towards the picket fence, Ansel “suddenly saw the inevitable image. . . . The relatively small figure at the base of the huge tree, the convoluted roots, and the beautiful quiet light” of a foggy coastal day. “I pleaded, ‘Edward please just keep sitting there.’ I was very excited and fumbled my meter, dropped my focusing cloth and inadvertently kicked the tripod leg. Edward was amused and relaxed.”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Image 1: ‘Edward Weston, Carmel Highlands, California,’ 1945. Photograph by Ansel Adams. ©️The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust Image 2: ‘Eucalyptus Tree and Roots, Carmel Highlands, California,’ 1945. Photograph by Edward Weston © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Arizona Board of Regents

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