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Ansel Adams Photos at the Interior Department

The Los Angeles Times informs us, in Ansel Adams, from the wilderness to the corridors of power, that the Interior Department has installed an exhibit of photos by Ansel Adams in its halls, in Washingtion, D.C. The photos were taken as part of a project commissioned in 1941 by then-Interior Secretary Harold Ickes.

The article states, "Adams was paid $22 per day to work on the project, and he only charged the government for the days when he actually shot. He took more than 200 photos over about a month, but with the onset of World War II, the project stalled."

"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has since revived the project and -- at a cost of $17,000 -- had 26 of the images permanently installed in the halls of the Interior building at 1849 C St., NW."

The exhibit at the Interior Department is the first time the photos have been viewable by the public.

A slideshow of twenty-six images, with a high-resolution of each available, can be seen at the Interior Department's website, here.

The photo included with this post is of Canyon de Chelly, a national monument, in northeast Arizona.