By the 1960s, the couple decided they need-
ed a change. A wealthy friend, Dick McGraw,
owned a parcel of hilltop land in the Carmel
Highlands and gifted the Adams family with a
lot. Ansel sold both the family home and one he
and Virginia built next door, enabling them to
build the house he occupied for the remainder
of his life.
Adams had begun offering workshops years
before. "Teaching was a major part of his life
that he loved," Michael says. "He started photo-
graphic workshops at Yosemite in 1940 that are
still going on today." With a group of like-minded
Monterey Peninsula photographers, Adams
founded the Friends of Photography in 1967.
"They were in this space at Sunset Center
for about 20 years," says Brian Taylor, director
of the Center for Photographic Ar ts, the
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White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Photo: Adams Family Collection and the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
