Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, Calif., 1944. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, ca. 1927. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. On loan from Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Moth and Stump, Interglacial forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1949. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. On loan from Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Leaf, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska, 1948. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. On loan from Lynn and Page Stegner.

Dogwood Blossoms, 1938. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. On loan from Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Edward Burtynsky, (b. 1955), Tailings #30, Sudbury, Ontario, 1996. Image copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. On loan from the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.

Edward Burtynsky, (b. 1955), Rock of Ages # 59, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991. Image copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. On loan from the Hall Collection.

Edward Burtynsky, (b. 1955), Highway #5, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2009. Image copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. On loan from the Hall Collection.

Edward Burtynsky, (b. 1955), Shipbreaking #36, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2001. Image copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. On loan from the Hall Collection.

Edward Burtynsky, (b. 1955), Oil Fields #19a, Belridge, California, USA, 2003. Image copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. On loan from the Hall Collection.

Edward Burtynsky, (b. 1955), Shipyard #22, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, 2005. Image copyright Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York /Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. On loan from the Hall Collection.