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Title: ANSEL ADAMS


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ANSEL ADAMS
  • Master of Black and White Photography.

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A Long Life
  • Adams was born in 1902 in San Francisco, CA.

Click the picture to link to a website about
Adams.
3
The First Click
  • He took his first picture of Yosemite Valley in
    1916.
  • His first picture led to a life long love of
    photographing nature.

Click the picture to link to more information
about Adams
4
A Passion for Nature
  • In 1920, he joined the Sierra Club.
  • By 1928, he was the official photographer for the
    club.

Click the picture to link to more information
about Adams involvement in the Sierra Club.
5
Friends and Influences
  • He was greatly influenced by Paul Strand.
  • In 1932, a group of photographers including
    Adams, Edward Weston and Imogene Cunningham
    started the f/64 club.

6
In the ZONE
  • In 1939, Adams began documenting his research on
    exposure, processing and printing. He called this
    the Zone System.

7
Prices Soar
  • In the 1970s Adams photographs sold to
    collectors for prices never equaled by a living
    American photographer.
  • Christies of London still sells his photographs.

8
The Last Click
  • He died in 1984.
  • He lived to be 82 years old.

Click the picture to link to Adams obituary in
the New York Times
9
References
  • Masters of Photography Web Site
    http//www.masters-of-photography.com/A/adams/adam
    s.html
  • The Museum of Modern Art http//www.sfmoma.org/ada
    ms/
  • The Ansel Adams Online Gallery http//www.anselada
    ms.com/

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