Abstract The Ansel Adams Fiat Lux collection, created between 1964-1967, consists of approximately 6,700 negatives and 600 photographs. These photos were used in a book entitled Fiat Lux: The University of California, written by art critic Nancy Newhall and published to commemorate the centennial of the University of California system. Adams’ task was to show the “next hundred years” of the UC system. Photographed over a span of three years and published in 1968,...