La fotografía de Ansel Adams
Archivos del Servicio de Parques Nacionales (National Park Service)
En 1941, el Servicio de Parques Nacionales asignó al destacado fotógrafo Ansel Adams para que creara un mural fotográfico para el Departamento del Interior en Washington, DC. El tema debía ser la naturaleza, ejemplificada y protegida en los Parques Nacionales de EE. UU. El proyecto del mural se detuvo debido a la Segunda Guerra Mundial y nunca se reanudó, sin embargo, las fotografías permanecieron.
Mucho más tarde, en 1962, las fotografías se incorporaron a las existencias de la Rama de Imágenes Fijas de la Administración Nacional de Archivos y Registros. Las impresiones originales creadas para el proyecto ahora se encuentran dentro de la serie 79-AA: Fotografías de parques y monumentos nacionales de Ansel Adams, 1941-1942, mientras que los negativos fueron retenidos originalmente por Adams en ese momento. Ansel Adams visitaría más tarde la Rama de Imagenes Fijas y revisaría sus impresiones fotográficas en 1979.
Los fondos de la Rama de Imágenes Fijas de los Archivos Nacionales incluyen 226 fotografías tomadas para este proyecto, la mayoría de ellas firmadas y subtituladas por Adams. Fueron tomadas entre 1941 y 1942 en los Parques Nacionales como el Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Kings Canyon, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Carlsbad Caverns, Glacier y Zion; Monumentos nacionales del Valle de la Muerte, Saguaro y Cañón de Chelly. Otras fotografías fueron tomadas en la Presa de Boulder; Acoma Pueblo, Nuevo México; San Idelfonso, NM; Taos Pueblo, Nuevo México; Tuba City, AZ; Walpi, AZ; y Owens Valley, CA. Muchos de los últimos lugares muestran a los indios pueblo y navajo, sus hogares y actividades.
Las fotografías de Kings Canyon se tomaron en 1936 cuando se proponía el establecimiento del parque. Adams agregó estas impresiones al proyecto del mural. La única fotografía de Yosemite (79-AAU-1) fue un regalo de Adams al jefe del Servicio de Parques, Horace Albright, en 1933.
Además, hay ocho fotografías tomadas por Adams de Yosemite en los Archivos Fotográficos Generales del Servicio de Parques Nacionales (79-G). Aunque la mayoría de las fotografías de Adams en las existencias de la Rama de Imágenes Fijas de la Administración Nacional de Archivos y Registros son de dominio público, estas fotografías específicas probablemente siguen bajo protección de derechos del Autor.
Se realizaron actualizaciones adicionales a esta introducción en mayo de 2021.
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Note: Quotation marks indicate information which was copied from the reverse of the mount cards.
ACOMA PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519831 | 79-AAA-1 | " Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico," full side view of adobe house with water in foreground. |
519832 | 79-AAA-2 | " Acoma Pueblo," full side view of adobe house with water in foreground, nearly identical to #1. |
519833 | 79-AAA-3 | " Church, Acoma Pueblo," corner view showing mostly left wall. |
519834 | 79-AAA-4 | " Acoma Pueblo," side view of adobe house with water in foreground. |
519835 | 79-AAA-5 | " Church, Acoma Pueblo," side wall and tower with cross. |
519836 | 79-AAA-6 | " Acoma Pueblo," looking across street toward houses. |
BOULDER DAM, COLORADO RIVER
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519837 | 79-AAB-1 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," looking across water to dam. |
519838 | 79-AAB-2 | " Boulder Dam Power Unit, 1941," electrical wires of power unit. |
519839 | 79-AAB-3 | " Transmission lines in Mojave Desert, 1941". |
519840 | 79-AAB-4 | " Boulder Dam, 1942," vertical close-up of section of the dam. |
519841 | 79-AAB-5 | " Boulder Dam Power Units, 1941," vertical, looking up at wires. |
519842 | 79-AAB-6 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," looking across river to dam. |
519843 | 79-AAB-7 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," looking over top of dam, transmission wire on left, mountains in background* |
519844 | 79-AAB-8 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," looking toward transmission lines on mountains, clouded sky. |
519845 | 79-AAB-9 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," close-up of transmission lines on side of cliff. |
519846 | 79-AAB-10 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," looking down river toward dam. |
519847 | 79-AAB-11 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," close-up of transmission lines. |
519848 | 79-AAB-12 | " Boulder Dam, 1941," vertical of side of cliff with transmission lines above, river to left. |
519849 | 79-AAB-13 | " Boulder Dam, 1942," vertical, looking toward mountain with transmission lines on peak, close-up of wires. |
519850 | 79-AAB-14 | " Boulder Dam," close-up of transmission line on side of cliff, dam and river in foreground. |
CANYON DE CHELLY, ARIZONA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519851 | 79-AAC-1 | " Canyon de Chelly," vertical panorama from river valley. |
519852 | 79-AAC-2 | " Canyon de Chelly," panorama of valley from mountain. |
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519853 | 79-AAD-1 | " Death Valley National Monument," looking across desert toward mountains. |
519854 | 79-AAD-2 | " Near Death Valley," panorama of mountains. |
519855 | 79-AAD-3 | " Near Death Valley National Monument," more distant view of mountains, desert, shrubs highlighted in foreground. |
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519856 | 79-AAE-1 | " St. Mary's Lake, Glacier National Park," looking across toward snow-capped mountains, lake in foreground. |
519857 | 79-AAE-2 | " In Glacier National Park," valley, snow covered mountains in background. |
519858 | 79-AAE-3 | " Burned area, Glacier National Park," pine trees, snow covered mountains in background. |
519859 | 79-AAE-4 | " In Glacier National Park," trees and bushes in foreground, mountains in background. |
519860 | 79-AAE-5 | " In Glacier National Park," mountain partially covered with clouds. |
519861 | 79-AAE-6 | " Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park," looking across lake toward mountains. |
519862 | 79-AAE-7 | " From Going-to-the-Sun Chalet, Glacier National Park," close in view of mountain side. |
79-AAE-8 | No Image for this item number has been received by NARA. | |
519863 | 79-AAE-9 | " In Glacier National Park," looking across forest to mountains and clouds. |
519864 | 79-AAE-10 | " From Logan Pass, Glacier National Park," looking across barren land to mountains. |
519865 | 79-AAE-11 | " Two Medicine Lake. Glacier National Park," high, lone mountain peak, in foreground. |
519866 | 79-AAE-12 | " Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, Glacier National Park," full view of mountain. |
519867 | 79-AAE-13 | In Glacier National Park, tops of pine trees, snow covered. |
519868 | 79-AAE-14 | " McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park," lake and mountains. |
519869 | 79-AAE-15 | " St. Mary's Lake, Glacier National Park," similar to #1 with less of the lake visible. |
519870 | 79-AAE-16 | " Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park," looking across lake to mountains and clouds, nearly identical to #14. |
519871 | 79-AAE-17 | " Heaven's Peak," dark foreground and clouds, mountains highlighted. |
519872 | 79-AAE-18 | " In Glacier National Park," vertical, full view of snow covered mountain, including area below timberline. |
519873 | 79-AAE-19 | " McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park," looking across lake, similar to #14 and #16. |
519874 | 79-AAE-20 | " Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park," identical to #11. |
519875 | 79-AAE-21 | " In Glacier National Park," nearly identical to #13. |
519876 | 79-AAE-22 | " Linchons, Glacier National Park," close-up. |
519877 | 79-AAE-23 | " In Glacier National Park," close-up of leaves, from directly above. |
519878 | 79-AAE-24 | " In Glacier National Park," close-up of ferns, from directly above. |
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519879 | 79-AAF-1 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama, looking down. |
519880 | 79-AAF-2 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama with shrub detail in foreground. |
519881 | 79-AAF-3 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama with rock formation in foreground. |
519882 | 79-AAF-4 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama with rock formation, different angle. |
519883 | 79-AAF-5 | " Grand Canyon from N. Rim, 1941," closer view of cliff formation. |
79-AAF-6 | No Print Accessioned by NARA. The item previously assigned this number is now assigned to 79-AAG-06. | |
519884 | 79-AAF-7 | " Grand Canyon," close in panorama looking down toward peak formations. |
519885 | 79-AAF-8 | " Grand Canyon from S(outh). Rim, 1941," vertical panorama with shadowed ravine. |
519886 | 79-AAF-9 | " Grand Canyon National Park," horizontal of #8, lighter shadows. |
79-AAF-10 | No Image for this item number has been received by NARA. | |
519887 | 79-AAF-11 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama of rock formations. |
519888 | 79-AAF-12 | " Grand Canyon National Park," broad panorama with detail of canyon, horizon, and mountains above. |
519889 | 79-AAF-13 | " Grand Canyon, from N. Rim". |
519890 | 79-AAF-14 | " Grand Canyon from N. Rim, 194l," canyon in foreground, horizon, mountains and clouded sky. |
519891 | 79-AAF-15 | " Grand Canyon from S. Rim, 1941," darkly shadowed canyon at left and center. |
519892 | 79-AAF-16 | " Grand Canyon National Park," canyon with ravine winding through center, high horizon. |
519893 | 79-AAF-17 | " Grand Canyon National Park," canyon and ravine, from higher angle than #16. |
519894 | 79-AAF-18 | " Grand Canyon National Park," nearly identical to #17. |
519895 | 79-AAF-19 | " Grand Canyon National Park," from Yava? Pt, rock formations and valley. |
519896 | 79-AAF-20 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama, dark shadows to right, high horizon. |
519897 | 79-AAF-21 | " Grand Canyon National Park," panorama, dark shadows in foreground and right framing cliffs at left and center. |
519898 | 79-AAF-22 | " Grand Canyon National Park," close in panorama of curred cliff. |
519899 | 79-AAF-23 | " Grand Canyon National Park," close in panorama taken from opposite of cliff formation, high horizon. |
519900 | 79-AAF-24 | " Grand Canyon National Park," canyon edge, low horizon, clouded sky. |
519901 | 79-AAF-25 | " Grand Canyon from N. Rim, 1941". |
519902 | 79-AAF-26 | " Grand Canyon National Park." |
519903 | 79-AAF-27 | " Grand Canyon National Park." |
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519904 | 79-AAG-1 | " The Tetons - Snake River." |
519905 | 79-AAG-2 | " Grand Teton," view from river valley towards snow covered mountains, river in foreground from left to right. |
519906 | 79-AAG-3 | " Grand Teton" |
519907 | 79-AAG-4 | " Grand Teton" |
519908 | 79-AAG-5 | " Mt. Moran, Teton National Park," view across river valley toward Mt. Moran. |
519909 | 79-AAG-6 | No caption provided by Mr. Adams. [ Jackson Lake in foreground, with Teton Range in background, view looking southwest from north end of the lake.] |
519910 | 79-AAG-7 | Mt. Moran and Jackson Lake from Signal Hill, [Grand] Teton National Park. |
519911 | 79-AAG-8 | " Near [Grand] Teton National Park," roadway, low horizon mountains, clouded sky (2 copies). |
519912 | 79-AAG-9 | " Tetons from Signal Mountain," valley, snow-capped mountains, low horizons (2 copies). |
519913 | 79-AAG-10 | " In [Grand] Teton National Park," snow covered peak. |
519914 | 79-AAG-11 | " Grand Teton," grassy valley, tree covered mountain side and snow covered peaks. |
KINGS RIVER CANYON, CALIFORNIA
All prints are labelled: "Kings River Canyon (Proposed as a national park). Photos donated by Ansel Adams, February 1936."
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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79-AAJ-1 | No Image for this item number has been received by NARA. | |
519941 | 79-AAJ-2 | " Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park," vertical close-up. |
519942 | 79-AAJ-3 | UNTITLED |
519943 | 79-AAJ-4 | " Mesa Verde National Park, 1941" cliff dwellings. |
519944 | 79-AAJ-5 | " Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park," vertical of tower, taken from above. |
519945 | 79-AAJ-6 | " Interior at Ruin Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, 1941" interior showing wall and window. |
519946 | 79-AAJ-7 | " Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park," section of house. |
NAVAJO INDIANS, CANYON DE CHELLY, ARIZONA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519947 | 79-AAK-1 | " Navajo Woman and Infant, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona." |
519948 | 79-AAK-2 | " Navajo Girl, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona." |
519949 | 79-AAK-3 | " Navajo Woman and Child, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona." |
519950 | 79-AAK-4 | " Navajo Girl, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona, 1941". |
519951 | 79-AAK-5 | " Navajo Woman and Child, Canyon de Chelle, Arizona". same subject as #3. |
OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519952 | 79-AAL-1 | " Flock in Owens Valley, 1941," flock of sheep. |
519953 | 79-AAL-2 | " Flock in Owens Valley, California, 1941," similar to #1. |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519954 | 79-AAM-1 | " Long's Peak from Road. Rocky Mountain National Park," panorama of trees and snow-capped mountains. |
519955 | 79-AAM-2 | " Moraine, Rocky Mountain National Park," rock formation. |
519956 | 79-AAM-3 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park." panorama of hills and mountains. |
519957 | 79-AAM-4 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," mountain tops, low horizon, dramatic clouded sky. |
519958 | 79-AAM-5 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," panorama of hill with trees, clouded sky. |
519959 | 79-AAM-6 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," vertical panorama of snow-capped mountain timbered area below. |
519960 | 79-AAM-7 | " Rocky Mountain National Park. Never Summer Range," panorama at timberline, dark foreground, light snow capped mountain, gray sky. |
519961 | 79-AAM-8 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," panorama of wooded hills with mountains in background. |
519962 | 79-AAM-9 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," valley surrounded by mountains. |
519963 | 79-AAM-10 | " Long's Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park," close in panorama, dark shadowed hills in foreground, mountains in background. |
519964 | 79-AAM-11 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," mountain tops, low horizon, low hanging clouds. |
519965 | 79-AAM-12 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," mountain tops. |
519966 | 79-AAM-13 | " Long's Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park," panorama of barren mountains with snow. |
519967 | 79-AAM-14 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," lake and trees in foreground, mountains and clouds in background. |
519968 | 79-AAM-15 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," full view of barren mountain side with snow. |
519969 | 79-AAM-16 | " Long's Peak from North, Rocky Mountain National Park," trees in foreground, snow covered mountain in background. |
519970 | 79-AAM-17 | " Long's Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park," panorama of plateau, snow covered mountain in background. |
519971 | 79-AAM-18 | " In Rocky Mountain National Park," panorama with trees in foreground, barren mountains in background. |
SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519972 | 79-AAN-1 | " In Saguaro National Monument," vertical full view of cactus and surrounding shrubs. |
79-AAN-2 | No Image for this item number has been received by NARA. | |
519973 | 79-AAN-3 | " Saguaros, Saguaro National Monument," vertical full view of cactus with others surrounding. |
519974 | 79-AAN-4 | " Saguaros," vertical, detail of cactus. |
519975 | 79-AAN-5 | " Saguaros, Saguaro National Monument," vertical of cactus and surrounding area. |
519976 | 79-AAN-6 | " Saguaro National Monument," cactus at left and surroundings. |
SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519977 | 79-AAP-1 | " Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," Indian descending wooden stairs with drum, another in background looking on. |
519978 | 79-AAP-2 | " Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," two Indians descending wooden stairs, carrying drums; another Indian and child near by. |
519979 | 79-AAP-3 | " Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," three Indians in headdress in foreground watching tourists. |
519980 | 79-AAP-4 | " At San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," two young girls sitting on steps. |
519981 | 79-AAP-5 | " Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," two Indians in headdress ascending stairs to house. |
519982 | 79-AAP-6 | " Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico," Indians in headdress, male and female, descending stairs. |
TAOS PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519983 | 79-AAQ-1 | " Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," full front view of entrance. |
519984 | 79-AAQ-2 | " Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1941," full view of city, mountains in background. |
519985 | 79-AAQ-3 | " Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 1941," full side view of entrance with gate to the right, same subject as #1. |
519986 | 79-AAQ-4 | " At Taos Pueblo," New Mexico. |
TUBA CITY, ARIZONA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519987 | 79-AAR-1 | " Corn Field, Indian Farm near Tuba City, Arizona, in Rain, 1941," low serial. |
519988 | 79-AAR-2 | " Corn Field, Indian Farm near Tuba City, Arizona, in Rain, 1941," looking across rows of corn, cliff in background. |
WALPI, ARIZONA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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519989 | 79-AAS-1 | " Walpi, Arizona, 1941," full view of the city on top of mountain. |
519990 | 79-AAS-2 | " Walpi, Arizona, 1941," nearly identical, closer in. |
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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520018 | 79-AAU-1 | " Half Dome, Apple Orchard, Yosemite," trees with snow on branches, April 1933. |
ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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520019 | 79-AAV-1 | " Court of the Patriarchs, Zion National Park." |
520020 | 79-AAV-2 | " In Zion National Park," vertical of rock formation, from below. |
520021 | 79-AAV-3 | " In Zion National Park," vertical of rock formation, from below. |
520022 | 79-AAV-4 | " Zion National Park, 1941, rock formation against dark sky." |
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, NEW MEXICO
All prints are labelled: "Carlsbad Caverns National Park."
Records of the National Park Service
General Photographic File
(These photos may still be under copyright protection.)
Ansel Adams Photographs
National Archives Identifier | Local Identifier | Title |
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79-G-27c-1 | Yosemite, Ahwahnee Hotel | |
79-G-27c-5 | Yosemite, Reflections of Three Brothers on Merced River. | |
79-G-27c-6 | Yosemite, El Capitan | |
79-G-27c-7 | Yosemite, Girl Climbing Half Dome | |
79-G-27c-8 | Yosemite, Fishing at the White Cascade | |
79-G-27c-9 | Yosemite, Falls | |
79-G-27c-10 | Yosemite, Top of Nevada Falls | |
79-G-27c-11 | Yosemite, Nevada Falls |
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