Ansel Adams Research

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born February 20, 1902 in SanFrancisco, California. Ansel Adams was an American photographer and an environmentalist. Adams was most famous for his black and white photography of landscape. When Adams was a boy he would play in the sand dunes located near the golden Gate Bridge. Playing in the sand dunes gave him a realization of nature and realized he wanted to be an environmentalist. which led to his photography career, but Adams first inspiration for photography was when he went up a mountain and realized how pretty it was so he started to take photography. As Adams got older and his interest in photography strengthened he joined the Sierra Club when he was at the age of 17. From there he took photography and just a year later he became an official photographer and led people to take photos of landscape. Adams started college and went to Yale and then decided to go to Harvard. After college he married his wife Virginia Rose Best and had 2 kids. As his photography grew and his urge to protect the environment he became more popular he won an award in 1968 called the Conservation Service Award, which is the Interior Department's highest civilian honor. Adams published many books as well and won many awards for his pictures and books. In 1984 Adams passed away in Monterey, California on April 22. Ansel Adams was able to take many beautiful landscape photos and play a role in protecting the environment.

This picture is called The Tetons and the Snake River. This is one of his most famous and well known pictures.

                                                 Another famous photo is called Vernal Falls.

Citing- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams

http://vault.sierraclub.org/history/ansel-adams/