Ansel Adams photographs smash record, sell for $6.4 million

Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams in front of what is arguably his most famous image, "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico". A 9x12in print of this picture is being auctioned with an estimate of $700,000-$1,000,000 (Image credit: Getty Images)

UPDATE: A collection of Ansel Adams' rare photographs has sold for an incredible $6.4 million (approximately £4.74 million / 8.455 million), with a single photograph smashing the auction house record at $988,000. 

"The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming" (pictured below) was one of the star lots in the auction, and carried an estimate of $400,000-$600,000. Its ultimate sale price of almost a million dollars set a new Sotheby's record for an Adams print.

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Chris George

Chris George has worked on Digital Camera World since its launch in 2017. He has been writing about photography, mobile phones, video making and technology for over 30 years – and has edited numerous magazines including PhotoPlus, N-Photo, Digital Camera, Video Camera, and Professional Photography. 

His first serious camera was the iconic Olympus OM10, with which he won the title of Young Photographer of the Year - long before the advent of autofocus and memory cards. Today he uses a Nikon D800, a Fujifilm X-T1, a Sony A7, and his iPhone 15 Pro Max.

He has written about technology for countless publications and websites including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Dorling Kindersley, What Cellphone, T3 and Techradar.