Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams 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 a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- San Francisco
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Hasselblad Award🏆 California Hall of Fame🏆 Sierra Club John Muir Award
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."
"If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph."
"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own Government to save the environment."
"I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term — meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a goo…"
"A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety."
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Timeline
1902
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Birth1984
Died
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