The invitation to photograph the nation's parklands was the perfect assignment for Adams, as it allowed him to express his deepest convictions as artist, conservationist, and citizen. Because of the escalation of World War II, the project was suspended after less than a year, but not before Adams had produced these images, which illustrate both his early innovations and the shape of his later, legendary career as America's foremost landscape photographer. Ansel Adams was hired by the United States Department of the Interior to photograph America's national parks, producing this group of breathtaking images In 1941, Ansel Adams photographed America's national parks for a series of murals that would celebrate the country's natural heritage.
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