Surrounded by Ansel Adams’ portraits, a gathering of CPA supporters learned what colorful threads bound Ansel to seven of his friends exhibited together on one of the show’s panels: the poet and mystic Ella Young, campaigner for women’s rights and poet Sara Bard Field, poet Robinson Jeffers, writer Mary Austin, first Poet Laureate of California Ina Coolbrith, humanitarian and patron Albert Bender, and poet Witter Bynner.

CPA board member and historian Denise Sallee, with the help of PacRep’s Julie Hughett and poet Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts of the Tor House Foundation, explored the friends’ connections to Ansel Adams, their connections to Carmel, and their shared reverence for nature.

This event helped to fund on-going operating expenses at the Center. Thank you to our audience and to Julie and Elliot for helping to support the Center for Photographic Art – a historical and influential organization dedicated to the art of photography – and a big thank you to Ansel Adams who created this space and this legacy and to his family for bringing the exhibit to CPA.