MANY HAPPY RETURNS
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDITATIONS ON YOSEMITE
MANY HAPPY RETURNS The photograph is the record of modern life; it is both the art and vehicle, and in many ways the voice, which narrates and catalogs our being. They are something to share, but also something to receive. At their most truthful, they convey a harmony of place, autobiography and metaphor: where we are, who we are, what we believe in. They are a commencement and confirmation of a resolute meditation. Opening on June 6th at The Ansel Adams Gallery, “Many Happy Returns: Photographic Meditations on Yosemite” will feature a variety of works which share stories of experience and intuition (and some luck) and reflection; of a long and continuing relationship that today reverberates as hopeful as ever.
For more information, please email our curator at evan@anseladams.com, or call 209.372.4413
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CHARLES CRAMER M I C H A E L F RY E C H A R LOT T E G I B B BOB KOLBRENER WILLIAM NEILL ALAN ROSS JOHN SEXTON & K E I T H S . WA L K L E T
Charles Cramer After spending seven years of college studying classical piano, Charles Cramer visited Yosemite National Park, and soon realized he wanted out of those tiny practice rooms! Realizing the similarities between interpreting music and interpreting a negative, he soon became enamored with making prints. His prints sell in many galleries, including the Ansel Adams Gallery. In 1987 and again in 2009, Cramer was selected by the National park Service to be an artist-in-residence in Yosemite. He has taught workshops since 1988 for the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite, the Palm Beach workshops in Florida, Anderson Ranch workshops in Colorado, and the John Sexton Workshops in California. Cramer has been profiled in PhotoTechniques, Outdoor Photographer, Outdoor Photography (UK), Camera Natura (Sweden), Popular Photography (China), PhotoVision, and View Camera magazines. He is also included in the books “Landscape: The World’s Top Photographers,” published in 2005, and “First Light: Five Photographers Explore Yosemite’s Wilderness,” published in 2009. Plus “Yosemite” published in 2017 by Triplekite publishers in England. He also had a solo exhibition at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel in 2010. Opposite: Portrait of Charles Cramer, by G Dan Mitchell
Charles Cramer - “Dogwood Along The Merced River” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $650-$1,500
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Charles Cramer - “Young Pine, Upper Young Lake” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,300
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Charles Cramer - “Meadow and Sun, Autumn, Yosemite” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,300
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Michael Frye Michael Frye is a professional photographer specializing in landscapes and nature. His photographs and articles about art and technique of photography have appeared in publications around the world, including National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, American Photo, Sunset, and Texas Highways. Michael is the author and/or principal photographer of five books and three ebooks, including Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters, The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite, and Landscapes in Lightroom: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide. Michael has lived in and near Yosemite National Park for over 30 years, currently living just outside the park in Mariposa, California, with his wife Claudia Welsh. Michael loves to share his knowledge of photography through his blog, books, and workshops. He's taught over 200 workshops focused on landscape photography, wildlife photography, night photography, digital image processing, and printing.
Opposite: Portrait of Michael Frye by Claudia Welsh
Michael Frye - “Lunar Eclipse Sequence, 1:23 am to 4:49 am” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,350
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Michael Frye - “Sunset over Yosemtie Valley” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,350
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Michael Frye - “Autumn Sunrise, Half Dome, Merced River” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,350
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Charlotte Gibb Charlotte Gibb is a Northern California-based fine art photographer specializing in intimate landscapes of the Western United States. The youngest of nine, she spent her early life playing and exploring the rural Northern California mountain area of her childhood home. Her father, an avid mountain climber and nature lover, made sure his kids shared his passion for the outdoors. Charlotte earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She began her career in the advertising business as an art director in the 1990s, then operated her own graphic design firm for 15 years. Her traditional darkroom has since been replaced with digital darkroom tools, and her style has moved from a journalistic approach to one that pays tribute to the natural world. Frequently symbolic, and with an eye towards the subtle and sometimes overlooked elements of nature, her photographs are not meant to be pretty postcards, but rather frames that celebrate nature’s form, line, shape, color, and texture. Again and again, she returns to both well-known and secret places to observe the changes brought about by the seasons, light, and weather. Charlotte writes and publishes on the subject of photography and creativity, keynotes for many photography events, and exhibits her work throughout California. She can usually be found tromping with her camera bag in the wilderness areas around the Sierra Nevada range and Yosemite National Park. Opposite: Portrait of Charlotte Gibb
Charlotte Gibb - “Winter into Spring, Bridalveil Fall” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,300
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Charlotte Gibb - “When the Forest Stirs” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,300
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Charlotte Gibb - “The Mighty Ponderosa” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $450-$1,300
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Bob Kolbrener Bob Kolbrener first experienced the work of Ansel Adams on a trip to California in 1968, and has spent his photographic career exploring the American west since then. In 1973, he joined the Ansel Adams Workshop as an instructor and worked beside photographers Wynn bullock, Imogen Cunningham and Yousuf Karsh. In 1983, Kolbrener was granted permission from the Federal Government to photograph entire Alcatraz Island during its Fiftieth Anniversary as a Federal Penitentiary. Since the 1980s, he was been a guest instructor at a number of colleges and institutions including, Washington University, University of Missouri, Saint Louis Art Museum, Bakersfield Museum of Art and the Booth Western Art Museum. Bob Kolbrener has exhibited extensively across the USA since his first exhibition in 1974 with Brett Weston, as well as in China, Russia, Japan, Indonesia and the UK. In 2019 a highlight was the unique Booth Western Art Museum's retrospective exhibition “BOB KOLBRENER – 50 YEARS IN THE WEST.” Since 1996 Bob Kolbrener and wife Sharon have resided in the Carmel Highlands on the California coastline, where he continues to take photographs as well as making his own prints in his studio darkroom. Opposite: Self-Portrait by Bob Kolbrener
Bob Kolberner - “Portrait of Half Dome, Yosemite” Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $2,500-$3,500
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Bob Kolberner - “Sierra Wave Cloud” Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $3,800-$4,500
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Bob Kolberner - “Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite” Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $2,200-$3,500
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William Neill William Neill, an American photographer and resident of Yosemite National Park area since 1977, is a renowned nature and landscape photographer. Neill's awardwinning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries. He served as staff photographer at The Ansel Adams Gallery for five years. Neill has received the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography. Neill's credits include National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Travel and Leisure, Wilderness, Sunset, Sierra and Outside magazines. Also, he writes a regular column, On Landscape, for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Feature articles about his work have appeared in Life, Outdoor Photographer and Communication Arts. His corporate clients have included Sony Japan, Canon USA, Nike, Nikon, and The Nature Company. He is the photographic author of many books including The Sense of Wonder, The Tree, By Nature's Design, The Color of Nature, Traces of Time, Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness, Landscapes Of The Spirit, William Neill – Photographer, a Retrospective, and most recently, Light on the Landscape. Opposite: Portrait of William Neill
William Neill - “Half Dome and Elm, Winter, Yosemite" Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $2,000-$2,950
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William Neill - “Clearing Winter Storm, Sentinel Rock” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $600-$1,550
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William Neill - “Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon, Sunset" Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $600-$1,550
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Alan Ross Alan Ross is an internationally respected master photographer and educator who expresses his unique vision with a combination of traditional photographic craftsmanship and today’s technology. His tonally exquisite photographs take the viewer from the grandeur of the American West to the changing faces of China to abstractions. Each image is a pure visual and emotional response to subject matter executed. Alan honed his vision and technique while working side-by-side with Ansel Adams as his full-time photographic assistant and was integrally involved with Adams’ books, teaching in Yosemite and production of fine prints. In 1979, Alan left Carmel to open a commercial photography studio in San Francisco, where he enjoyed working on projects ranging from world-wide campaigns for the Bank of America to landscape murals for the National Park Service. He relocated to Santa Fe in 1993 and enjoys pursuing his art, teaching, writing articles and blogs, and traveling the globe. Alan is also a consummate and dedicated photographic educator who shares his vast knowledge of the art and craft of fine art photography, inspiring professionals and amateurs alike. His photography hangs in collections, galleries and museums around the world, including the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Huntington Library and the Center for Creative Photography. Opposite: Portrait of Alan Ross (L) and Ansel Adams (R) by Frank Niemeir
Alan Ross - “Spring Rain, Yosemite” Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $1,500-$4,175
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Alan Ross - “Gates of the Valley, Yosemite” Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $1,200-$3,300
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Alan Ross - “Corn Lily Leaves, Yosemite" Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $750-$2,125
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John Sexton John Sexton, International Photography Hall of Fame inductee, is recognized as a photographer, master print maker, workshop instructor, and lecturer. He is the author of four photographic monographs; Quiet Light, Listen to the Trees, Places of Power, and Recollections. Sexton is best known for his luminous hand crafted traditional silver gelatin black and white photographs of the natural environment. He is director of the John Sexton Photography Workshops, and over the past four decades has conducted hundreds of photography workshops, seminars, and lectures around the globe. Sexton served as Photographic Assistant and Technical Consultant to photographer Ansel Adams from 1979 to 1984. His photographs have appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications, and are included in permanent and private collections throughout the world. John’s work has been represented by The Ansel Adams Gallery for more than forty years. John still finds magic in exposing and processing film, and making silver gelatin prints, by hand, in his traditional darkroom at his home and studio in Carmel Valley, California. Opposite: Portrait of John Sexton by Anne Larsen
John Sexton - “Merced River and Forest, Yosemite Valley" Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed by the artist $1,000
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John Sexton - “Tenaya Lake and Clouds, Afternoon, Yosemite" Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed by the artist $1,000
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John Sexton - “Foam on Water, Yosemite" Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, signed by the artist $750
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Keith S. Walklet Chance brought Keith S. Walklet to Yosemite, but it was the magic of the changing seasons and interplay of light and rock that held his gaze for fourteen years, becoming the lens through which he viewed the rest of the world. His imagery reflects a deep admiration for, and intimate understanding of the natural world, and serves as visual reminders of the wonders at our doorstep. A native of the East Coast and graduate of Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, Keith S. Walklet traded a daily commute (from Connecticut to New York City) and most of his belongings, for a camera and motorcycle, with which he explored the continental U.S. and Alaska. Arriving in Yosemite in 1984 "for one winter," he set about documenting its grand scenes and subtle beauty. The "one winter" became fourteen years and his responsibilities shifted from polishing porcelain (his first park job) to polishing press releases and overseeing interpretive programs for the park concessioner. Living and working in the park provided Keith an opportunity to thoroughly explore the Yosemite region with his camera. Over time he has demonstrated an uncanny ability to anticipate and capture the spectacular atmospheric phenomena definitive of the alpine landscape. Opposite: Portrait of Keith S. Walklet
Keith S. Walklet - “Jeffrey Pine and Rainbow” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $500-$1,400
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Keith S. Walklet - “Bridalveil Fall, Storm Light” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $500-$1,400
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Keith S. Walklet - “Lunar Rainbow, Upper Yosemite Fall” Original Archival Pigment Photograph, signed and numbered by the artist Available in multiple sizes | $500-$1,400
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