We've already featured some of Adams's photos of the Manzanar Internment Center. But he is, of course, best known for his transcendent nature photos. Here are some of those famous images.
An unnamed peak, Kings River Canyon California, 1936
Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958
Boulder Dam Power Units Colorado River, Nevada-Arizona Border, 1941
Dead Oak Tree, Sierra Foothills, 1938
In Saguaro National Monument Arizona, 1941
Maroon Bells, near Aspen, Colorado, 1951
Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite, 1963
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming