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History of The Friends
JANUARY
1, 1967
The first meeting is held at the
home of Ansel and Virginia Adams to discuss the formation of a society dedicated
to the promotion of creative photography. Morley Baer, Edgar Bissantz, Art
Connell, Liliane DeCock, Nancy and Beaumont Newhall, Rosario Mazzeo, Gerald
Robinson, Gerry Sharpe, and Brett Weston are in attendance. Ansel Adams
is elected president and Brett Weston vice president.
1967
The first exhibition of The Friends
of Photography is held at The Sunset Center, a former school in Carmel.
Included are images by Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea
Lange, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, and Minor White.
The Monterey Workshop, the first of The Friends' workshops, is held. Ansel
Adams and Brett Weston are among the faculty.
1969
The Friends begins regular educational
seminars and practical photographic workshops. Faculty members over the
next 28 years include Ansel Adams, James Alinder, Morley Baer, Ruth Bernhard,
Peter Bunnell, Linda Connor, Imogen Cunningham, Robert Dawson, Rod Dresser,
Lee Friedlander, Emmet Gowin, Andy Grundberg, Michael Kenna, Mark Klett,
Annie Leibovitz, Ellen Manchester, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Lisette
Model, Wright Morris, Olivia Parker, Meridel Rubenstein, John Sexton, Ruth
Thorne-Thompsen, Al Weber, Jack Welpott, and many others.
1972
The inaugural issue of The Friends
of Photography's Untitled series is released. Fifty-eight issues in total
are published over the next 22 years, highlighting the work of photographers
including Ansel Adams, Albert Chong, Mary Ellen Mark, Wright Morris, Nicholas
Nixon, John Pfahl, Lorna Simpson, and Marion Post Wolcott.
The Ferguson Grant is established by Julia Siebel in memory of her father,
W.D. Ferguson. Awarded annually until 1996, this grant was given by The
Friends to support the work of an emerging photographer. Recipients include
Sally Mann, Jo Ann Callis, and Catherine Wagner.
1982
The Ruttenberg Fellowship, recognizing
photographic excellence in portraiture, is established through a grant from
the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation of Chicago. Recipients include Aziz + Cucher,
Jim Goldberg, Deborah Hammond, Fazal Sheikh, and Susan Schwartzenberg.
1984
The death of Ansel Adams precipitates
a decision by the Board of Trustees to move the organization to San Francisco,
and the search for a home for the Ansel Adams Center begins. A selection
of many of Adams' finest photographs is bequeathed to The Friends of Photography.
1989
The Ansel Adams Center opens in
San Francisco, establishing the first arts organization in the Yerba Buena
cultural district. The Center features five exhibition galleries and houses
one of the finest photography bookstores in the nation.
1992
The Ansel Adams Scholars Conference
is held in Carmel Valley. It focuses on placing Adams' work in the context
of his interactions with other photographers, his environmental activism,
and the time in which he lived. Ansel Adams: New Light, Essays on His Legacy
and Legend is published the following year to record and extend the ideas
of the conference.
The focus of The Friends' educational programs shifts to outreach education
for youth, many of whom are considered at-risk. A nexus of programs is introduced
over the next five years and now serves thousands annually.
1997
The Friends celebrates its 30th
anniversary with a special series of public programs. Among these is a major
exhibition, ANSEL
ADAMS, A LEGACY: MASTERWORKS FROM THE FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION.
The Friends of Photography/Calumet Emerging
Photographer Award is established through the support of Calumet Photographic
Inc. The first recipient is Lida Suchy.
1998
A new publications program is launched
with Innovation/Imagination: 50 Years of Polaroid Photography (published
in conjunction with Abrams). The newly redesigned newsletter, re:view, is
introduced.
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