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Ansel Adams and Jimmy Carter:  Environmentalist Photographer Meets — and Lobbies — Conservation President!

Legendary photographer Ansel Adams is known for his incredible landscapes of the American West (including 226 photos of National Parks that are NARA records). Carter Library archivist Daria Labinsky shares a lesser-known chapter of his past, that of a Carter White House portrait photographer!  

Read her incredible “behind the scenes” account of the photo shoot. 

Learn how Adams used this opportunity to lobby President Carter to support preservation of California’s Big Sur Coast and land in Alaska!

Discover who said to Adams: “I guess this is a big enough camera to capture the egos in this town.”

Find out what Smithsonian Museum has these portraits today.

Full story in the Text Message blog, “I Am Indeed Proud to Have the Opportunity to Present These Memoranda”: The Environmentalist Photographer Meets the Conservation President

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Barack Obama @BarackObama by @KehindeWiley and Michelle Obama @MichelleObama by Amy Sherald @ASherald 🎨🎨🎨 Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @ smithsoniannpg 🙌🏾 . . #supportblackart #barackobama #michelleobama #kehindewiley #amysherald #smithsonian #portrait #smithsoniannpg #blackexcellence #theobamas #blackart #blackartists #painters #artofvisuals #artlove #veryblack #artgram #artinspiration #bhm (at National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution)

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I drew this live studying @kehindewiley presidential portrait of @barackobama @smithsoniannpg ! 📷: @alexalaurel • • #art #obama #robgibsun #kehindewiley #inspiration #smithsoniannpg #artistsoninstagram #supportblackart #blackexcellence #blackart #rva #dc #bhm #visualart #vcuarts #swipeleft #mondaymotivation (at National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution)

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I had one of the greatest experiences of my life, going to our nation's capital Washington, D.C. What an amazing District, and the history is unbelievable how much we do not know about our own country. I will be posting more photos but more on my travel page. Please go take a peak like and follow @fdjphotography_travel . . . . 📷.....@nodogz . . . . . #fdjphotography #washingtondc #smithsonian #smithsoniannpg #smithsonianportraitgallery #nationalportraitgallery #photography #nikonusa #nikonjp #camera #tuennecamerastraps #tuenne #fineartphotography #community #communitylove #adidas #omegawatches (at National Portrait Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUrbSIrLgmJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Billy Lee: Portrait in Tar, 2016 Ona Judge: Portrait in Tar, 2016 Titus Kaphar. #smithsoniannpg #tituskaphar #mynpg #portrait #retrato #washingtondc (at National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmrPc_UgIXM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=md5hvcxzyi62

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#SUPPORTARTISTS from @caroline_kaplowitz - “Biographical Portrait of First Ladies of USA from 1789 through 2001” 1994, 42” x 32” acrylic on canvas, collage, mirrors, handmade paper #firstladies #chelseagallery #womenshistory #newseum #portraitpainting #nationalportraitgallery #smithsoniannpg #firstlady #whitehousehistoricalsociety #modernartists #contemporaryartcurator #gallerywork #collageartist #elizabethsacklercenterforfeministart #hamptonsarthub #davidzwirner #georgesbergesgallery #emergingartists #ratedmodernart #artcollectors #sfmoma #hauserwirth #newwhitney #whitneymuseum #lehmannmaupin #gagosian