2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Photographs by Ansel Adams: Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado, 1951
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US #5854m
2024 Maroon Bells, Near Aspen, Colorado, 1951 – 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 1951. Pictures the Maroon Bells mountains in Colorado.
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: Ansel Adams made several photographic trips through Colorado. In 1951, he took advantage of a meeting in Aspen to take one of the most breathtaking pictures of his life.
Adams traveled to Colorado for a meeting of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. While discussing art and photography with his peers, some of their conversations led to the creation of Aperture magazine, the first creative photography periodical.
But Adams could not resist sneaking away from the meetings to pursue his passion, taking photographs in the wild. He traveled to the White River National Forest, 10 miles west of Aspen. There he looked upon the Maroon Bells, a series of bell-shaped peaks in the Elk Mountain range. The light from the sunrise and sunset makes the mudstone in the mountains appear maroon, leading to their distinctive name.
Adams’s photo, Maroon Bells, near Aspen Colorado, was unlike any he’d taken there before. It was the first to fully capture the mountains’ monumental size. The cloudy sky was all but cropped out and the lake, which normally would have filled more of the frame, made up only a small portion of the photo. Adams never took another grand photo of this scene again, possibly believing he had achieved his goal of capturing it perfectly in 1951.
US #5854m
2024 Maroon Bells, Near Aspen, Colorado, 1951 – 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 1951. Pictures the Maroon Bells mountains in Colorado.
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: Ansel Adams made several photographic trips through Colorado. In 1951, he took advantage of a meeting in Aspen to take one of the most breathtaking pictures of his life.
Adams traveled to Colorado for a meeting of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. While discussing art and photography with his peers, some of their conversations led to the creation of Aperture magazine, the first creative photography periodical.
But Adams could not resist sneaking away from the meetings to pursue his passion, taking photographs in the wild. He traveled to the White River National Forest, 10 miles west of Aspen. There he looked upon the Maroon Bells, a series of bell-shaped peaks in the Elk Mountain range. The light from the sunrise and sunset makes the mudstone in the mountains appear maroon, leading to their distinctive name.
Adams’s photo, Maroon Bells, near Aspen Colorado, was unlike any he’d taken there before. It was the first to fully capture the mountains’ monumental size. The cloudy sky was all but cropped out and the lake, which normally would have filled more of the frame, made up only a small portion of the photo. Adams never took another grand photo of this scene again, possibly believing he had achieved his goal of capturing it perfectly in 1951.