Photography Exhibition Review: Ansel Adams

What: Photography Exhibition Review
Who: Ansel Adams
Where: Greenwich Maritime Museum
When: until April 28th 2013

  Ansel Adams is the most popular and arguably the most influential photographer in American history. Famous for dramatic and evocative landscapes, he produced iconic and beautiful images of American nature. The forests, mountains and coastlines of the US provided a rich environment for Adams’s pioneering photography, and this exhibition brings together his most powerful and striking pictures of water in all its forms, from awe-inspiring images of epic seascapes, dramatic rapids and geysers, to crashing waterfalls, placid ponds, raging rivers and beautiful ice-locked landscapes. 

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

A beautifully curated exhibition showcasing over 100 original prints of Adams work. Inspiring and calming, I drifted around the exhibition and sat for some time soaking up the beauty of the moments he witnessed. A large collection of works covering his career creates a captivating photographic exhibition and the recorded interview with the artist at the end, ensured that I wanted to look at all the photos all over again and book flights to the American coast line!
My Verdict: Don't miss this exhibition!

"Those who know Adams will see his art from a fascinating new angle, and those new to his work will be moved by its inspirational and elemental beauty."

Fluid, ephemeral, and unpredictable, water brought dynamic motion and feeling to his pictures. Water provided Adams with a persistent source of inspiration and opportunity for experimentation both in his art and his photographic process. Adams was a true pioneer whose influence continues to be felt to this day.

"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

 For more info check out:
www.anseladams.com/category/blog/ 
www.rmg.co.uk/ansel-adams 

Ansel Adams: Photography from the Mountains to the Sea is generously supported by the Royal Museums Greenwich Foundation.

The exhibition is organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA with support by David H. Arrington and the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona.