A Grove of Tamarack Pine, Near Timber Line
Ansel Adams
1921
Medium
gelatin silver print (parmelian print)
Dimensions
image: 14.5 x 19.5 cm (5 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 25.1 x 30.2 cm (9 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Harvey S. Shipley Miller Fund
Accession Number
2004.85.1
About the Artist
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams, born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California, grew up as the only child of Charles Hitchcock Adams, a businessman and astronomy enthusiast who tutored him at home, and Olive Bray, with whom he had a distant relationship. A hyperactive child prone to illness, Adams struggled in formal schooling and was educated by private tutors and his father until graduating from eighth gr...