2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Photographs by Ansel Adams: Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Yosemite National Park
# 5854l - 2024 First-Class Forever Stamp - Photographs by Ansel Adams: Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Yosemite National Park
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US #5854l
2024 Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Spring, Yosemite National Park, California, 1935 – 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 in 1935. Pictures Mirror Lake and Mount Watkins in Yosemite National Park, California.
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: No place is as closely associated with Ansel Adams as Yosemite. He lived in and photographed the park for much of his life, and was one of the most vocal champions for its protection.
Adams first visited in 1916. Armed with his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, he took the first photos of his career. He recalled of his initial view “the splendor of Yosemite burst upon us and it was glorious… One wonder after another descended upon us… A new era began for me.” Adams found Yosemite to be a place of healing and inspiration, and he would return frequently.
It was in Yosemite that Adams met and married his wife Virginia, whose father owned a studio in the park. The couple took over the studio and lived there with their two children starting in the 1940s. This inspired their children’s book, Michael and Anne in Yosemite.
Adams’s photos helped promote park tourism. And when he grew concerned over commercial development, he used his voice and photos to push for further protection. Between 1955 and 1981, Adams offered photography workshops at his Yosemite studio. Thousands attended these over the years for the chance to study with the legendary photographer in his greatest place of inspiration.
After Adams’s death in 1984, his ashes were scattered over Yosemite’s Mt. Ansel Adams.
US #5854l
2024 Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Spring, Yosemite National Park, California, 1935 – 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 in 1935. Pictures Mirror Lake and Mount Watkins in Yosemite National Park, California.
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: No place is as closely associated with Ansel Adams as Yosemite. He lived in and photographed the park for much of his life, and was one of the most vocal champions for its protection.
Adams first visited in 1916. Armed with his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, he took the first photos of his career. He recalled of his initial view “the splendor of Yosemite burst upon us and it was glorious… One wonder after another descended upon us… A new era began for me.” Adams found Yosemite to be a place of healing and inspiration, and he would return frequently.
It was in Yosemite that Adams met and married his wife Virginia, whose father owned a studio in the park. The couple took over the studio and lived there with their two children starting in the 1940s. This inspired their children’s book, Michael and Anne in Yosemite.
Adams’s photos helped promote park tourism. And when he grew concerned over commercial development, he used his voice and photos to push for further protection. Between 1955 and 1981, Adams offered photography workshops at his Yosemite studio. Thousands attended these over the years for the chance to study with the legendary photographer in his greatest place of inspiration.
After Adams’s death in 1984, his ashes were scattered over Yosemite’s Mt. Ansel Adams.