Photo Corners headlinesarchivemikepasini.com

A   S C R A P B O O K   O F   S O L U T I O N S   F O R   T H E   P H O T O G R A P H E R

Enhancing the enjoyment of taking pictures with news that matters, features that entertain and images that delight. Published frequently.

USPS to Release Ansel Adams Stamps    

29 February 2024

The United States Postal Service will release a set of 16 First Class Forever stamps featuring the photography of Ansel Adams on May 15. The set was designed by art director Derry Noyes using existing photographs.

Ansel Adams Stamps. See below for the descriptions.

As illustrated above, the first row of stamps features Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California (1938); Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California (1962); Thundercloud, Ellery Lake, High Sierra, Sierra Nevada, California (1934); and Denali and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska (1947).

The second row features The Golden Gate and Bridge from Baker Beach, San Francisco, California (c.1953); Road and Fog, Del Monte Forest, Pebble Beach, Calif. (1964); Rock and Grass, Moraine Lake, Sequoia National Park, Calif. (1936); and Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, Wash. (c.1942).

The third row features Monument Valley, Ariz. (1958); Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. (1942); Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome, Yosemite National Park, Calif. (1940); and Mirror Lake, Mount Watkins, Spring, Yosemite National Park, Calif. (1935).

The fourth row (L to R) features Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colo. (1951); Aspens, Dawn, Autumn, Dolores River Canyon, Colo. (1937); Road After Rain, Northern Calif. (1960); and Dunes, Oceano, Calif. (1963).

"Ansel Adams made a career of crafting photographs in exquisitely sharp focus and nearly infinite tonality and detail," the USPS's brief notes. "His ability to consistently visualize a subject—not how it looked in reality but how it felt to him emotionally—led to some of the most famous images of America’s natural treasures including Half Dome in California’s Yosemite Valley, the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, and Denali in Alaska, the highest peak in the United States."

The Ansel Adams stamps are being issued as Forever stamps, always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.