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Ansel Adams Trust Sues Over Calif. Garage Sale Negatives

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 23) -- A group representing Ansel Adams sued a Fresno man Monday for selling prints and posters under the name of the famed nature photographer, the latest salvo in a dispute over glass negatives bought at a garage sale and purported to be Adams' lost work. The lawsuit, filed in federal district...

Did This Woman Just Solve the Ansel Adams Mystery?

(July 29) -- Is Uncle Earl the next Ansel Adams? According to one resident of Oakland, Calif., the answer is yes. After two days of debate over a newly surfaced collection of 65 photographic negatives attributed to the legendary environmental photographer -- a cache said to be worth a cool $200 million, if genuine --...

Ansel Adams Negatives Controversy: 5 Other Great Lost Artwork Debates

(July 28) -- Ten years ago, Rick Norsigian, a commercial painter in Fresno, Calif., found a box of glass film negatives at a garage sale and bargained the price down from $70 to $45. After extensive research on Ansel Adams and his purchases, meetings with with curators and historians, and hiring an entertainment lawyer and...

Ansel Adams' Grandson: 'Lost' Negatives Aren't Real

(July 27) -- A California man who bought a collection of glass negatives at a garage sale says they have been authenticated as lost works of Ansel Adams, but the photographer's grandson isn't so sure. "I think it's irresponsible to claim that they're Ansel's," Matthew Adams told AOL News. "We think it's a very...

Ansel Adams News From the Web

05/23/12 Seeing the works of the Master Source: Dakota County Star - South Sioux City NE Last weekend I forced myself to make time to see something that I love.
05/07/12 Top Photography Galleries In Denver Source: CBS Local John Fielder is a very well-known nature photographer.
05/05/12 From Ansel Adams to Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Conversation... Source: Gapers Block - Chicago IL In one of my favorite Black Star tracks, "Thieves In The Night", rapper Mos Def challenges listeners to "separate the real from the lie."
04/30/12 Adams gives talk about father Source: Mount Vernon Register-News - Mount Vernon IL VERNON â â Dr. Michael Adams, son of Ansel Adams, described his father's passion for music and photography during a talk Saturday evening at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. The lecture, given in conjunction with the exhibit, "Classic Images: Photographs by Ansel Adams," gave enthusiasts insight into Adams' process and the thoughts behind the photos.
04/21/12 Ansel Adams photographs: Black-and-white images... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK It is the country's second largest city - bustling with would-be stars, flamboyant street performers and traffic-packed highways.

Background on Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park.

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