ANSEL ADAMS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED CIRCA 1959 - HFSID 172461

ANSEL ADAMS
Adams writes to his friend regarding an exhibition
Typed Letter Signed: "Ansel," 1p, 5½x3¼. San Francisco, 1959 September 19. On his personal postcard: "Ansel Adams Yosemite National Park, California." To Nick Dean, Cambridge, Mass. In full: "Very good to get your letter and to hear about the exhibit! Wish I could see it! Be sure to put the prints in a second HE solution after the HE-Toning bath. That assure (sic) permanency (there is hypo in the Sel toner-and in fairly large concentrations as we use it), I am writing lengthy memos on the whole high-speed, wink-light, etc. business. The new 3000 film really looks good, however; just the right 'top' scale, although a bit short in the shadows. Bacon said he had a fine time with you. Limitations are a challenge! If the 53 was right, you could make good copies for sale! Goose them on that curve, please! All best to you and yours!" For over ten years, ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984), who is known for his photographs featuring America's natural beauty, was the publicity photographer for the Curry Company, which operates seven hotels in Yosemite National Park. In 1955, Adams initiated yearly photographic educational workshops at Yosemite that continued for 26 years (1955-1981). He moved the workshops to his home in Carmel in 1982, and they continue yearly as an Ansel Adams legacy by The Friends of Photography. At Yosemite, where Adams captured nature on film for over 60 years, he lectured on wilderness conservation and appreciation, as well as visualization in the art of photography. Much of Adams' professional photographic life was spent at Yosemite, where the Ansel Adams Gallery, formerly Best's Studio, is located (a different photographic exhibit is featured each month). Adams published approximately 40 books, including My Camera in National Parks (1950) and Yosemite and the Range of Light (1979). An ardent conservationist, he was a director of the Sierra Club from 1936-1973. He and his wife, Virginia, also had another, more intimate reason for their fondness for Yosemite; they were married there on January 2, 1928.Nick was NICK DEAN of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who worked for Polaroid and was a photographer himself. Adams, who had become a consultant for the newly formed Polaroid Company in 1949, frequently corresponded with Dean. Semi-circular water stain, probably from the bottom of a cup or glass, on address side. Some light creasing, else fine condition.