Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska
Established in 1917 as a wildlife refuge, Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park in 1980. Photographer Ansel Adams, renowned for his landscape photographs that celebrate the beauty of nature, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946 to photograph national parks and monuments. The following summer he spent six weeks photographing the Alaskan landscape. Adams’s photographs have inspired many people to conserve the natural environment.
Established in 1917 as a wildlife refuge, Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park in 1980. Photographer Ansel Adams, renowned for his landscape photographs that celebrate the beauty of nature, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946 to photograph national parks and monuments. The following summer he spent six weeks photographing the Alaskan landscape. Adams’s photographs have inspired many people to conserve the natural environment.