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Ansel Adams
By: Erik Thorsheim
Biography
Born Ansel Easton Adams
Feb 20, 1902
San Francisco, California
Died April 22, 1984 (Monterey Ca.)
Married to Virginia Rose Best
Early Life
Upper class only child
Remembers great San Fran earthquake 1906
Unhealthy childhood: hyperactive, frequently sick
Early interest in natural world
At 12, was pulled out of school, homeschooled
Close to father, distant from mother
Played piano: it offered structure and discipline to his life
Early Photo Career
Loved Yosemite National Park
First visited it with his family in 1916
Was apprentice of a San Francisco photo finisher
Joined Sierra Club at age 17
First published photo was 1921 of Yosemite.
Style & Period
Best known for black and white
Landscape photography of west
Advocate for environmental awareness
Secured photography as dominant art form
Artistic Influences
Said he wasn’t directly influenced by anyone
BUT! Worked in the style of…Thomas ColeFrederic Church Albert BierstadtCarlton WatkinsEadweard Muybridge
Impact on Photography
Co-founded “Group f/64” with Edward Weston, Van Dyke, and Cunningham.
Pioneered zone system with Fred Archer (giving better control over finished photos)
Advocated previsualization (imagine image and goals)
Achievements
Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Tetons and the Snake River was selected for Voyager Golden Record
Doctorate of arts from Harvard and Yale
California Hall of Fame member
Artist Work
My Influences
References
Adams, Ansel, Andrea Gray. Stillman, and William A. Turnage. Our National Parks. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992. Print.
Adams, Ansel, Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, Adam D. Weinberg, Allison N. Kemmerer, and John R. Stilgoe. Reinventing the West: The Photographs of Ansel Adams and Robert Adams. Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, 2001. Print.
Alinder, Mary Street. Ansel Adams: A Biography. New York: H. Holt, 1996. Print.