It's not all black and white...

On our way to see an Ansel Adams exhibit at the DIA. Will update more later.


Update: I loved the Ansel Adams exhibit but was most impressed to learn about Adams' work as a conservationist. (And I really enjoyed some of the photographs you wouldn't associate with Adams -- like a terrific candid picture of Georgia O'Keeffe, caught in mid-conversation and looking almost devilish beneath an animated sky.)

Anyway, I gained a new appreciation for this photographer who is probably best known as having his photos grace the most college dorm rooms of any artist in history. (Or at least, that's how it seems.)

From the Sierra Club's Web site:

Adams' role in the Sierra Club grew rapidly and the Club became vital to his early success as a photographer. His first photographs and writings were published in the Sierra Club Bulletin. Adams also got involved politically in the Club, suggesting proposals for improving parks and wilderness, and soon became known as both an artist and defender of Yosemite. In 1934, Adams was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club, a role he maintained for 37 years. His tenure spanned the years that the Club evolved into a powerful national organization that lobbied to create national parks and protect the environment from destructive development projects.

Thankfully, Adams captured some of nature's most awesome creations though his lens, and those images will live forever through his work. Hopefully, all those posters on all those college dorm walls will serve as constant reminders to idealistic students that such beauty should be preserved.