Ansel Adams trust objects to AI-colourised Moonrise photo offered for sale
The gist
A New York gallery displayed and offered for sale an AI-colourised version of Ansel Adams's 1941 Moonrise.
The photographer's trust says the dispute is about artists' rights, not AI itself.
How it unfolded
- 1941Adams photographed Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico, en route to Santa Fe, writing that he released the shutter knowing he had an unusual photograph and was seconds too late for a second negative.
- 2026 -04New York gallery Danziger displayed an AI-colourised version of Moonrise at the Aipad Photography Show, and the work was offered for sale.
- May 2026The Art Newspaper reported on the AI-colourised Moonrise, after about a month of growing anger on social media.