The Rotary Club of Yosemite will a host a Wine Tasting and Art Auction at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite

The festivities begin at 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 17. Tickets are $15 at the door. Includes commemorative glass and appetizers. All proceeds benefit Rotary Club of Yosemite National Park Scholarships.

This is the social event on the season! Come enjoy a great selection of local wines and beautiful works of art.

Correction! An Evening with Alan Ross is Wednesday October 14

The Ansel Adams Gallery Presents.....

An Evening with Alan Ross

Ansel Adams' Darkroom Assistant

Join us for refreshments as Alan shares stories
about working for Ansel Adams and printing the Special Edition Photographs.

Wednesday, October 14, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm

New Exhibit in Yosemite: 90 Years in the American West, Bob Kolbrener and Ansel Adams

90 Years in the American West (on display in the Yosemite Gallery through November 16) is a traveling exhibition of select photographs from two masters of the Great American West, Ansel Adams and Bob Kolbrener. The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite is the last stop on this national touring exhibition of over 25 vintage and modern prints, all printed in the traditional darkroom.

Bob Kolbrener spends over three months each year in the Great American West focusing his camera on the changing landscape, and the balance of his time printing beautiful works as limited edition gelatin silver prints. "I have always responded to the grand, ephemeral gestures of Nature. When there is a lightning, fog or winter storm, I am alive with emotion. Through the teachings and inspiration of Ansel Adams I have been able to direct this energy to the making of exciting photographs."

The photographs in the exhibit compare and contrast the work of two visionary masters, as well as their love and respect for Yosemite and surrounding areas.

Bob Kolbrener will be present for an artist's reception October 24, from 4:00 to 6:00pm.

An Evening with Alan Ross

The Ansel Adams Gallery Presents.....

An Evening with Alan Ross

Ansel Adams' Darkroom Assistant

Join us for refreshments as Alan shares stories
about working for Ansel Adams and printing the Special Edition Photographs.

Wednesday, October 14, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm

Alan was Ansel Adams' Photographic Assistant in Carmel from 1974 to 1979, and was integrally involved with Adams' books, teaching in Yosemite, and production of fine prints. He has been the exclusive printer of Ansel Adams' Special Edition Prints for over thirty-five years and has made over ninety thousand prints from Adams' negatives.

Alan continues to teach for The Ansel Adams Gallery. His next workshop, Crafting the Black and White Photograph begins next week. This workshop is devoted to teaching the photographic process as an integrated whole, from the beginnings of picking up the camera to matting the finished print. Through a combination of classroom discussions, darkroom demonstrations, print critiques, and camera use to help students refine their black and white photographic process.

The Ansel Adams Gallery and Blue Earth Alliance Exhibit and Lecture Series at Mumm Napa

The Ansel Adams Gallery And Blue Earth
"Changing Earth: Photographer’s Call to Action"
At Mumm Napa

The Ansel Adams Gallery and Blue Earth are proud to host an inspiring photo exhibit and lecture series featuring our dramatically changing planet titled "Changing Earth: Photographer’s Call to Action" opening September 19, 2009 at Mumm Napa Fine Art Photography Gallery and running through March 13, 2010.

The exhibit features works from a variety of acclaimed Blue Earth project photographers who document earth’s changing environment and the impact of those changes on society. Blue Earth photographers and projects in the exhibit include: Daniel Beltrá (Amazon: Forest at Risk), Benjamin Drummond & Sara Joy Steele (Facing Climate Change: Global Change. Local People), Stephen Harrison (Visualizing Earth), Anne Marie Musselman (Finding Trust/The Sarvey Wildlife Project), Camille Seaman (Melting Away – The Last Iceberg), Florian Schulz (Freedom To Roam: Wildlife Corridors), John Trotter (No Agua, No Vida: The Thirsty Colorado River Delta), and Rebecca Norris Webb (The Glass Between Us: Reflections on Urban Creatures).

Mumm Napa Winery is located at 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford, CA 94573. Visitor center and fine art photography gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.

Lecture Schedule
Nov. 7th - Drummond/Steele, "Facing Climate Change"
Dec. 5th - Camille Seaman, "Connection and Purpose"
Feb. 6th - Stephen Harrison, "Visualizing Earth"
Mar. 6th - John Trotter, "The Future of the Colorado River"
TBD - Florian Schulz, "Freedom To Roam"

Special Room Rate Available For Eastern Sierra Fall Color One Day Photography Workshop

There's still time to join Michael Frye's Eastern Sierra Fall Color One Day Workshop October 19, but today is the last day for the special room rate at the Murphey's Motel in Lee Vining, CA. Register today for the workshop to get your special rate!

The Ansel Adams Gallery National Park Photography Contest Begins Today! Enter Your Masterpiece

This beautiful photograph is by William Neill, Cloud Reflections and Mt Moran at the Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

See more of his images on our website.

PRIZES BASED UPON THE ANSEL ADAMS GALLERY JURY DECISION:

• ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: One $500 Ansel Adams Gallery gift certificate and their choice of ONE 20”x24” Ansel Adams Archival Replica.
• ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE: ONE $300 Ansel Adams Gallery gift certificate and their choice of ONE 16”x20” Ansel Adams Archival Replica.
• ONE (1) SECOND PRIZE: ONE $200 Ansel Adams Gallery gift certificate
• ONE (1) THIRD PRIZE: ONE $100 Ansel Adams Gallery gift certificate.
  *No cash equivalent shall be made available on prizes. Prizes are non-transferable.

View Contest Rules
Submit Your Masterpiece - Click here to Enter

Questions or Comment, please email photocontest@anseladams.com