Meet the Artist | Alan Ross in the Wildling Galleries

Sunday, March 20, 2 - 5 p.m.

Photographer Alan Ross is the exclusive printer of the Ansel Adams Yosemite Special Edition negatives, an assignment Adams personally selected Ross for in 1975. Ross stands with his works on view in the Ansel Adams Gallery, located in Yosemite, California, Photo: George Rose.

Installation view of Sharing the Light: Ansel Adams & Alan Ross, on view at the Wildling Museum September 25, 2021 - March 20, 2022.

Join us for the final day of Sharing the Light: Ansel Adams & Alan Ross on Sunday, March 20th and meet the artist behind the work! Internationally acclaimed photographer Alan Ross will be in the Wildling galleries from 2 - 5 p.m. to chat with visitors and share stories behind the works on view.

Plus stay tuned for special discount opportunities on select prints and gift store merchandise for our closing weekend.


About Alan Ross

Alan Ross (b. 1948) is a renowned photographer whose unique vision combines traditional photographic methods with today’s technology. Ross is best known for his tonally exquisite black-and-white photographs of the American West. He worked side-by-side with Ansel Adams as his photographic assistant, and was personally selected by Adams to print his Yosemite Special Edition negatives, a role he has maintained since 1975. Alan lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he pursues his own photography, teaches one-on-one workshops in the art of seeing and master printing, and writes articles and blogs sharing his vast knowledge of the art and craft of photography.

Ross’s works are included in the permanent collections of Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI; Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM; and numerous other public and private collections around the world.