Booth Western Art Museum Showcases Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams, an icon in the world of photography, was born in 1902 and became best known for his black and white photographs of the northwest, especially those taken at Yosemite National Park.  His work can be experienced through November 5th at Cartersville’s Booth Western Art Museum.

In an effort to showcase creative photography, Booth Museum first displayed Adams’s work in 2010 at an exhibit entitled Ansel Adams: A Legacy. This exhibit showcased 130 pieces focused on landscapes, including Yosemite National Park. In 2015, the Booth Western Art Museum featured Adams: Before & After.  A record-breaking show that included over 100 images of his iconic style of landscapes as well such as “Moonrise, Hernadez” and “Winter Sunset.” In light of the popularity of their photography exhibits the “Booth Western Art Museum has acknowledged the growth and importance of photography as a fine art medium with the opening of a new permanent photography gallery, Picturing America.”

In The Masterworks, Booth is showing thirty pieces from a previous collection The Museum Set which was comprised of images hand-selected, printed, and signed by Adams himself. These photos are on loan from Virginia Adams Mayhew, Ansel Adams’s  granddaughter’s private collection.