In 1980, the celebrated photographer Ansel Adams received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The accompanying citation read: "At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the ...

President James E. Carter, presenting Ansel Adams with the Presidential Medal of Freedom [2] During his lifetime, Ansel Adams harnessed the power of photography to capture the attention of everyday ...

Famed for his rugged, immense portraits of the American West, Ansel Adams regularly tops lists of the 20th century’s greatest nature photographers. ... the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

When Ansel Adams was 14, ... and by photographers as a national institution,” President Jimmy Carter said when awarding Adams the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.

In addition to being a photographer, Adams was a conservationist and served as a director of the Sierra Club from 1934 to 1971. In 1980 Adams was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President ...

Ansel Adams, National Archives ... In 1980, President Jimmy Carter gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to acknowledge his efforts on behalf of ...