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Subject: CCP: Ansel Adams Centennial Exhibition
Center for Creative Photography
The University of Arizona P.O. Box 210103 Tucson, AZ 85721-0103
Phone 520.621.7968 Fax 520.621.9444 www.creativephotography.org
News Release
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)
February 2002
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTS
The Ansel Adams Centennial: Classic Images and A Portrait of Ansel Adams
(TUCSON, ARIZONA)-The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the
University of Arizona will present The Ansel Adams Centennial, a pair of
exhibitions on view from March 9 to July 7, 2002. Together they celebrate
the 100th birthday of American photography's most recognized and beloved
figure through his legendary images and fascinating life.
The Ansel Adams Centennial is drawn from the Ansel Adams Archive at CCP, the
largest repository of his work in the world. The archive includes voluminous
correspondence, book layouts and manuscripts, ledgers, periodicals and
monographs, camera equipment, memorabilia, and over 20,000 negatives and
proof prints. Approximately 2,500 exhibition prints crown the world's most
extensive public holding of Adams' photographs. Classic Images features an
impressive array of photographs from the book of the same name, works chosen
by Adams to represent his most enduring images and to stand as a
last-statement portfolio of his remarkable life's work. Marcia Tiede,
curator of Classic Images and CCP Curatorial Associate and Cataloger
explains, "Classic Images was Ansel Adams' own assessment of his most
significant images and reveals important insights into his creative process.
It celebrates how stunning his photographs are, and the range of subjects
and imagery-including some lesser known works-most valued by him at the end
of his epic career."
A Portrait of Ansel Adams presents unique objects from his extraordinary
archive, such as his 8 x 10" metal view camera, correspondence with some of
the most important figures in the history of photography, and his first
portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. Accompanying the objects
will be dozens of portraits of Adams by artists such as Imogen Cunningham,
Dorothea Lange, John Sexton, Jerry Uelsmann, Edward Weston, and Cedric
Wright, who were his friends, students, and admirers-portraits selected from
the Ansel Adams Archive and other CCP collections. CCP Archivist Leslie
Calmes selected the images and objects for A Portrait of Ansel Adams. "This
selection exemplifies how the contents of a research archive can inform the
art it documents. By looking at letters, manuscripts, books, magazines, and
proof prints, the career of a photographer as famous and influential as
Ansel Adams becomes even richer and more three-dimensional. In addition,
with his collection of portraits, visitors can follow Adams' path from
youthful amateur to acknowledged master of the medium he devoted his life
to."
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona was
co-founded by Ansel Adams in 1975, and is an archive, museum, and research
institution, dedicated to photography as an art form and cultural record.
CCP holds more archives and individual works by 20th-century North American
photographers than any other museum in the nation, including the archives of
over sixty major photographers-Richard Avedon, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Harry
Callahan, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Aaron Siskind, W. Eugene Smith, Edward Weston,
and Garry Winogrand, among them-whose prints are the centerpiece of an art
collection numbering more than 60,000 works by 2,000 photographers. CCP has
an integrated program of preservation, access, and education that celebrates
the history of photography and its contemporary practice. Visitors enjoy a
changing exhibition program, Research Center, educational programs, Library,
Museum Store, and public access to the vast collection through the renowned
PrintViewing program.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & EVENTS
Opening Reception / Friday, March 8, 5-7 PM
Gallery Talk / Tuesday, March 19, 5:30 PM
Leslie Calmes and Marcia Tiede: The Ansel Adams Archive and Classic Images
Leslie Calmes, Center for Creative Photography Archivist, curated A Portrait
of Ansel Adams. She will discuss the Adams Archive and exhibition objects,
ephemera and images. Marcia Tiede, Curatorial Associate and Cataloger at
CCP, curated Classic Images and will discuss the print selection and
differences in Adams' printing style throughout his career.
Gallery Talk / Tuesday, April 2, 5:30 PM
Mary Virginia Swanson: Ansel Adams, Educator
Mary Virginia Swanson served as the Director of Education for the Friends of
Photography from 1980 to 1984 and worked closely with the artist
coordinating the Ansel Adams Workshops. She will share her experiences of
this time when Adams lived and worked in Carmel and was very involved in
educational endeavors. Swanson, a leader in the fields of licensing and
marketing fine art photography, headed Special Projects for Magnum Photos
and was the founding director of the American Photography Institute at New
York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Family Day / Sunday, April 7, 1-4 PM
This special afternoon will offer a range of activities including:
exhibitions of photography by elementary through high school students who
have been inspired by viewing original photographs at the Center; family
tours of the Ansel Adams Centennial exhibition; and hands-on investigation
of a variety of historic large and medium format cameras and accessories
provided by the Arizona Photographic Collectors.
Gallery Talk / Tuesday, April 9, 5:30 PM
Dr. John P. Schaefer: Conversations with Ansel
Over the years, John Schaefer was a student, collaborator, and close friend
of Ansel Adams. He had many opportunities to talk to Ansel about photography
and other subjects dear to the photographer's heart, and he will share some
of these conversations this evening. Schaefer has published extensively on
photographic technique. While president of the University of Arizona he was
instrumental in founding the Center for Creative Photography, and is
currently the Chairman of Research Corporation and a Trustee of the Ansel
Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
Student Readings / Thursday, April 18, 5:30 PM
Ansel Adams: Timeless Inspiration
First-year Honors Composition students culminate an exploration of the arts
of persuasion and draw inspiration from Adams' classic photographs in search
of metaphors toward a richer life. They will present a mosaic of original
writings in relation to the exhibition. Moderated by Patrick Baliani,
playwright, Teaching Advisor, and Director of English Composition Sequence,
The University of Arizona.
Slide Lecture and Book Signing / Thursday, May 9, 5:30 PM
John Sexton: Ansel Adams: Photographer, Mentor, and Friend
Internationally respected photographer John Sexton shared a six-year close
working relationship with Ansel Adams. Using slides of Adams' best known
prints, along with accompanying negatives, Sexton will explore the nuances
of the artist's renowned photographic techniques and will share images from
his own thirty-year career in photography. He is the author of three
award-winning books: Quiet Light, Listen to the Trees, and Places of Power:
The Aesthetics of Technology.
Gallery Talk / Sunday, June 2, 2:30 PM
Jim McCarthy: Ansel Adams, Environmental Advocate
Ansel Adams used his dramatic black-and-white images as a tool to persuade
the American public, Congress, and presidents to protect our natural
heritage. A member of the Sierra Club Board of Directors for 37 years, he
was instrumental in the creation of Kings Canyon National Park, influenced
the character of development at Yosemite, and helped protect the Alaskan
wilderness. Presented by Jim McCarthy, a photographer specializing in the
Grand Canyon and portraiture, and member of the executive committee of the
Sierra Club's Arizona chapter.
PUBLICATIONS
"Ansel Adams: Classic Images" and other related publications will be
available for purchase in the museum store.
GENERAL INFORMATION
EXHIBITION:
The Ansel Adams Centennial: Classic Images and A Portrait of Ansel Adams
March 9 - July 7, 2002
HOURS: The gallery is open Mon.-Fri., 9 am to 5 pm; Sat.-Sun., 12 noon to 5
pm (CCP is closed for most major holidays, including May 27th & July 4th.)
ADMISSION: Exhibitions and events are always FREE and open to the public.
LOCATION: Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona 1030
North Olive Road, Tucson, Arizona, 85721 (in the Fine Arts Complex, at SE
corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd.)
PARKING: Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE
corner of Park Ave. and Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you
direct access to CCP.
INFORMATION: Call 520-621-7968 or visit http://www.creativephotography.org
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