Ansel Adams

Photographer

By: Hannah Amend

• Born in February of 1902 San Fransisco, California.

• He was educated by private tutors, his aunt Mary, and his father.

• He had inteneded to make a profession off pian playing.

Photography work

• He produced his first, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierra, portfolio in 1927.

• He soon became sponsered by Albert Bender. This promoted his artwork to more businessmen and started work with commercials.

• By the 1930’s he had become a more established photographer. He started focusing more on close up views and details.

Work

• Opened his own gallery in San Fransisco.

• In 1935, Ansel captured many more photos of the Sierra. One his most famous photogrpahs was from that. Clearing Winter Storm.

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• He was one of the founders of the magazine Aperture.

• In 1963, Ansel published his fourth portfolio, What Majestic Word.

• In 1974, Ansel Adams was the guest of honor in the Recontres d’Arles festival in France.

Did you know?

• Adams most of the time stuck with black and white and that’s what he is more known for but he did experiment with color.

• You can find some of the artwork at the Center for Creative Photography at the university of Arizona.

Influence

• Most of Ansel’s photography was on landscape. He liked the romance of the natural landscape.

• If you pay attention to his portfolio’s, they all have a similar theme. All somewhat based on the same type of landscape or a certain locaion.

• He ended up getting a tumor in his leg and September of ‘83.

• Ansel Adams died April 22, 1983.

• He was in the ICU of the community hospital of Monterey, California.

• He carries on the Legacy of beautiful photography and won’t ever be forgotten.