Editing Ansel Adams (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Ansel Adams Wilderness sign Rush Creek.jpg|thumb|alt=File:Ansel Adams Wilderness sign|[[Ansel Adams Wilderness]] designated area]]
Adams received a number of awards during his lifetime and posthumously, and several awards and places have been named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web | author = Ansel Adams Gallery | title = Biography | publisher = Ansel Adams Gallery | url = http://www.anseladams.com/content/ansel_info/anseladams_biography.html | archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091006142933/http%3A//www%2Eanseladams%2Ecom/content/ansel_info/anseladams_biography%2Ehtml | archive-date = October 6, 2009}}</ref>

For his photography, Adams received an Honorary Fellowship of the [[Royal Photographic Society]] in 1976<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Royal Photographic Society | year = 1976 | url = https://rps.org/about/past-recipients/honorary-fellowship/ | title = Honorary Fellowship | access-date = July 3, 2020 | archive-date = July 3, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200703175209/https://rps.org/about/past-recipients/honorary-fellowship/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> and the [[Hasselblad Award]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Hasselblad Foundation | year = 1981 | url = http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/ansel-adams/ | title = Ansel Adams | access-date = June 7, 2012 | archive-date = April 3, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130403140909/http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/ansel-adams/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Two of his photographs, ''The Tetons and the Snake River'' and a view of the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] from Baker Beach, were among the 115 images recorded on the [[Voyager Golden Record]] aboard the ''Voyager'' spacecraft. These images were selected to convey information about humans, plants and animals, and geological features of the Earth to a possibly alien civilization.<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Gambino | first1 = Megan | title = What Is on Voyager's Golden Record? | url = https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-on-voyagers-golden-record-73063839/ | access-date = March 5, 2019 | work = Smithsonian | date = April 22, 2012 | archive-date = April 8, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200408014620/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-on-voyagers-golden-record-73063839/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Images on the Golden Record | url = https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-on-the-golden-record/ | website = Voyager | publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory | access-date = March 5, 2019 | archive-date = September 9, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180909173240/https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-on-the-golden-record/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

For his conservation efforts, Adams received the [[Sierra Club John Muir Award]] in 1963.<ref name="Sierra Club 2008b">{{cite web | author = Sierra Club | year = 2008 | publisher = Sierra Club | url = http://www.sierraclub.org/ansel_adams/awardwinners/ | title = Award Winners | access-date = July 31, 2008 | archive-date = October 9, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009122849/http://www.sierraclub.org/ansel_adams/awardwinners | url-status = live }}</ref> In 1968, he was awarded the Conservation Service Award, the highest award of the Department of the Interior.<ref name="Sierra Club" /> In 1980, [[President Jimmy Carter]] awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, for "his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both on film and on earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a national institution."<ref name="Sierra Club" />

Adams received an honorary ''[[Doctor of Arts|artium doctor]]'' degree from Harvard University and an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. He was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web | title = Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A | url = http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf | publisher = American Academy of Arts and Sciences | access-date = April 1, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf | archive-date = May 10, 2011 | url-status = live}}</ref> In 2007, he was inducted into the [[California Hall of Fame]] by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ansel Adams | url = http://www.californiamuseum.org/inductee/ansel-adams | website = California Museum | access-date = March 5, 2019 | archive-date = March 6, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111359/http://www.californiamuseum.org/inductee/ansel-adams | url-status = live }}</ref>

The Sierra Club's [[Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography]] was established in 1971,<ref name="Sierra Club 2008b" /> and the [[Ansel Adams Award (The Wilderness Society)|Ansel Adams Award for Conservation]] was established in 1980 by [[The Wilderness Society (United States)|The Wilderness Society]], which also has a large permanent gallery of his work on display at its Washington, D.C. headquarters.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wilderness.org/ansel-adams-collection | title = Ansel Adams Collection | publisher = The Wilderness Society | access-date = December 17, 2012 | archive-date = July 23, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003623/https://wilderness.org/ansel-adams-collection | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Minarets Wilderness in the [[Inyo National Forest]] and a {{convert|11760|ft|m|adj=on}} peak therein were renamed the [[Ansel Adams Wilderness]] and [[Mount Ansel Adams]], respectively, in 1985.<ref name="National Park Service">{{cite web | title = Ansel Adams | url = https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/ansel-adams.htm | website = Yosemite National Park | publisher = U.S. National Park Service | access-date = February 28, 2019 | archive-date = March 1, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074537/https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/ansel-adams.htm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Ansel Adams Wilderness | url = https://www.sierrawild.gov/wilderness/ansel-adams/ | website = sierrawild.gov | access-date = March 5, 2019 | archive-date = March 6, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044156/https://www.sierrawild.gov/wilderness/ansel-adams/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 1984 Adams was inducted into the [[International Photography Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ansel Adams |url=https://iphf.org/inductees/ansel-adams/ |website=International Photography Hall of Fame |access-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219205459/https://iphf.org/inductees/ansel-adams/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum Announces 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award and Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-international-photography-hall-of-fame-and-museum-announces-2017-lifetime-achievement-award-and-hall-of-fame-inductees-300506313.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>