Ansel AdamsMorgan DoetzeOctober 2012 Digital Photography

Life in Overview

Born February 20, 1902

Died April 22, 1984

Married to Virginia Best

Michael & Anne

Origins

Born in San Francisco, California

Received only an 8th grade education

Loved outdoors

Trip to Yosemite in 1916

Awards WonDoctor of Arts

Conservation Service Award

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sierra Club John Muir Award

Hasselblad Award

Induced into the California Hall of Fame

LifePlayed piano

Joined Sierra Club

Became full-time photographer

Opened the Ansel Adams Gallery for the Arts

Visited New York

Became president of Sierra Club

Wrote many books

Famous Work

Less Famous Work

Quotes“It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder

to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium”

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed”

“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs”

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it”

Why He Appeals to Me

Breathtaking images

Shadows and reflections

Black and white

Landscapes

Nature

Why He Appeals to Others

“Visualization”

Usage of zones

Scenery

Pure natural beauty

In Contemporary MediaMagazines/Articles

Stories

Artwork

Images often used as desktop backgrounds

Let’s people “visit” a place they’ve never been

Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams

http://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Adams-Ansel.html#

http://www.anseladams.com/ansel-adams-information/ansel-adams-biography/

http://photography.about.com/od/famousphotographersbios/a/AnselAdamsQuotes.htm

http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2011/09/ten-of-ansels-adams-best-landscape-photographs-analyzed/

All images at http://images.google.com