Ansel Adams and Jimmy Carter: Environmentalist Photographer Meets — and Lobbies — Conservation President!
Legendary photographer Ansel Adams is known for his incredible landscapes of the American West (including 226 photos of National Parks that are NARA records). Carter Library archivist Daria Labinsky shares a lesser-known chapter of his past, that of a Carter White House portrait photographer!
Read her incredible “behind the scenes” account of the photo shoot.
Learn how Adams used this opportunity to lobby President Carter to support preservation of California’s Big Sur Coast and land in Alaska!
Discover who said to Adams: “I guess this is a big enough camera to capture the egos in this town.”
Find out what Smithsonian Museum has these portraits today.
Full story in the Text Message blog, “I Am Indeed Proud to Have the Opportunity to Present These Memoranda”: The Environmentalist Photographer Meets the Conservation President
