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I am reading Diné: A History of the Navajos by Peter Iverson [2002, University of New Mexico Press], and came across this astonishing photo of Canyon de Chelly by Ansel Adams.  Adams was commissioned by the Interior Department, under the direction of Franklin Roosevelt’s Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes, to shoot photos for a mural project for the department’s corridor’s. Adams described the large format prints envisioned for the project as “enlargements with a vengeance.” Unfortunately, the 1941-1942 Mural Project was halted by World War II, and not installed as planned. The photos were finally displayed at Interior in 2010. You can view other Adams photos from the series here. 

This image is adapted from a digital version of the photo from the National Archives. 

I am reading Diné: A History of the Navajos by Peter Iverson [2002, University of New Mexico Press], and came across this astonishing photo of Canyon de Chelly by Ansel Adams.  Adams was commissioned by the Interior Department, under the direction of Franklin Roosevelt’s Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes, to shoot photos for a mural project for the department’s corridor’s. Adams described the large format prints envisioned for the project as “enlargements with a vengeance.” Unfortunately, the 1941-1942 Mural Project was halted by World War II, and not installed as planned. The photos were finally displayed at Interior in 2010. You can view other Adams photos from the series here. 

This image is adapted from a digital version of the photo from the National Archives.