June 9–October 8, 2012 | Peabody Essex Museum
Ansel Adams enjoyed a lifelong fascination with water in all its forms — seacoast and stream, clouds and snow.
At the Water's Edge combines his famous images with extraordinary lesser-known examples, enhancing the iconic photographer's reputation as an innovative modernist.
MEDIA PARTNER Support provided by David H. Arrington, the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona,
and the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Ansel Adams: At the Water's Edge is part of PEM's Year of Photography, which is sponsored in part by WBUR, Boston's NPR news station.
The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942, photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. © 2011 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
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