Ansel Adams

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Born:
Feb. 20, 1902
Died:
April 22, 1984

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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed an exacting system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a deeply technical understanding of how tonal range is recorded and developed during exposure, negative development, and printing. The resulting clarity and depth of such images characterized his photography. Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 12, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of the Sierra Club. He was later contracted with the United States Department of the Interior to make photographs of national parks. For his work and his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980. Adams was a key advisor …

Books by Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams: The Negative (Paperback, 1995)

The Negative

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Ansel Adams: The Camera (Paperback, 1995, Little, Brown)

The Camera

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Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams in Color (2011)

Ansel Adams in Color

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Andrea Stillman, Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams (Hardcover, 2007, Ansel Adams, Little, Brown)

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Ansel Adams: The Print (Paperback, 1995, Little, Brown)

The Print

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Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams California (1997, Little, Brown)

Ansel Adams California

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Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams (1996, Little, Brown)

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams: Examples (1989)

Examples

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Ansel Adams, John Armor: Manzanar (1988, Times Books) No rating

Manzanar

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Ansel Adams: Our national parks (1992, Little, Brown) No rating

Our national parks

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Ansel Adams: Artificial-light photography (1956, New York Graphic Society) No rating

Artificial-light photography

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Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams (1985) No rating

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