Collection

Ansel AdamsThe Commercial Years

The photographs Adams made for a living — assignments and his own landscapes, printed and sold in Yosemite.

Eight prints · Yosemite · 1935 – 1940
Timeline

Twenty years at Best’s Studio

1921 – 1941
The Prints

Each print, on its own

Eight works from the commercial years — the image, what it was for, and who holds it now. Open any one for its full record.

Sources

Researched in the Vault

The Four Seasons in Yosemite National Park · Yosemite Park & Curry Co.1936
An Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley · Virginia & Ansel Adams1940
Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams · Rebecca A. Senf2020
Looking at Ansel Adams · Andrea Stillman2012
Ansel Adams: An Autobiography1985
Auction records · Sotheby’s · Christie’s · Bonhams · Swann · Heritage1991–2023

This presentation was researched and written with Vault’s AI from the library and records above. It can make mistakes — check the sources yourself.