2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Photographs by Ansel Adams: Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 1942
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US #5854h
2024 Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, c. 1942 – Ansel Adams
• Part of the set honoring influential 20th century American photographer Ansel Adams and marks the 40th anniversary of his death
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ansel Adams
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 15, 2024
First Day City: Yosemite National Park, California
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 16
Tagging: Phosphor, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Ansel Adams and the huge impact his photography had on the art world and environmentalism in the United States.
About the stamp design: Shows a black-and-white photograph taken by Adams around 1942. Pictures a fern and other vegetation in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park, California.
History the stamps represent: Though best known for his nature photos, Ansel Adams had to take on commercial jobs to pay the bills, which he called “the wolf at the door.”
Adams’s first paid photography job came in 1920. He was hired by a neighbor to photograph her kindergarten class. Adams carefully planned and prepared. However, he was unfamiliar with the flash equipment, which included dangerous elements such as flash powder and black powder cap detonators. Adams miscalculated and used far too much of the flash powder. He later recalled “The light was apocalyptic. There was a thunderous PPFFFUFFF!! And my arm was firmly knocked down.” After verifying all the children were safe, they moved outside, into the natural light that Adams preferred and took the photo.
Adams established a successful commercial photography career that lasted into the 1970s. Some of his ongoing clients included Kodak, the National Park Service, Zeiss, IBM, Pacific Gas and Electric, AT&T, American Trust, plus Fortune, Life, and Arizona Highways magazines. Eventually, Adams grew frustrated, writing in his biography, “I have to do something in the relatively near future to regain the right track in photography. I am literally swamped with ‘commercial’ work – necessary for practical reasons, but very restraining to my creative work.”
US #5854h
2024 Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, c. 1942 – Ansel Adams
• Part of the set honoring influential 20th century American photographer Ansel Adams and marks the 40th anniversary of his death
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ansel Adams
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 15, 2024
First Day City: Yosemite National Park, California
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 16
Tagging: Phosphor, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Ansel Adams and the huge impact his photography had on the art world and environmentalism in the United States.
About the stamp design: Shows a black-and-white photograph taken by Adams around 1942. Pictures a fern and other vegetation in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park, California.
History the stamps represent: Though best known for his nature photos, Ansel Adams had to take on commercial jobs to pay the bills, which he called “the wolf at the door.”
Adams’s first paid photography job came in 1920. He was hired by a neighbor to photograph her kindergarten class. Adams carefully planned and prepared. However, he was unfamiliar with the flash equipment, which included dangerous elements such as flash powder and black powder cap detonators. Adams miscalculated and used far too much of the flash powder. He later recalled “The light was apocalyptic. There was a thunderous PPFFFUFFF!! And my arm was firmly knocked down.” After verifying all the children were safe, they moved outside, into the natural light that Adams preferred and took the photo.
Adams established a successful commercial photography career that lasted into the 1970s. Some of his ongoing clients included Kodak, the National Park Service, Zeiss, IBM, Pacific Gas and Electric, AT&T, American Trust, plus Fortune, Life, and Arizona Highways magazines. Eventually, Adams grew frustrated, writing in his biography, “I have to do something in the relatively near future to regain the right track in photography. I am literally swamped with ‘commercial’ work – necessary for practical reasons, but very restraining to my creative work.”