Ansel Adams
Visual Artist
1902 – 1984
Who was Ansel Adams?
Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and in books.
With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs. Adams primarily used large-format cameras because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images.
Adams founded the Group f/64 along with fellow photographers Willard Van Dyke and Edward Weston.
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1902
San Francisco - Also known as
- Ansel E Adams
- Parents
- Religion
- Pantheism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Private school
- Harvard University
- Employment
- Corbis
- Lived in
- San Francisco
- Died
- Apr 22, 1984
Monterey
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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