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Photographer, conservationist;
born in San Francisco. A commercial photographer for 30 years,
he made visionary photos of western landscapes that were inspired
by a boyhood trip to Yosemite. He won three Guggenheim grants
to photograph the national parks (1944--58). Founding the
f/64 group with Edward
Weston in 1932, he developed zone exposure to get maximum
tonal range from black-and-white film. He served on the Sierra
Club Board (1934--71). --biography.com
Masters of Photography: Ansel Adams - from The Encyclopedia
of Photography (1984)
A
biography of Ansel Adams by Nan Deyo
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Timeline |
1902 - Ansel Easton Adams born on February 20, at
114 Maple Street, San Francisco, the only child of Olive and
Charles
1915 - Despises the regimentation of a regular education,
and is taken out of school. For that year, his father buys
him a season pass to the Panama-Pacific Exposition, which
he visits nearly every day. Private tutors provide further
instruction.
1916: Family Trip to Yosemite, Californina.
1925: Decides to become a pianist. Buys a grand piano.
1927: First acknowledged photograph.
1940 - Teaches first Yosemite workshop, the U. S. Camera
Photographic Forum, in Yosemite with Edward Weston.
1953 he collaborated with Dorothea Lange on a Life
commission for a photo essay on the Mormons in Utah
In 1962 Adams moved to Carmel, California, where in
1967 he was instrumental in the foundation of the Friends
of Photography
1984 - Dies April 22 of heart failure aggravated by
cancer
A more complete Timeline
and Chronology
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Images |
The
History Place - Best of Ansel Adams
Featuring 25 photographs taken 1933-1942.
Original
Photographs - by Ansel Adams for U.S. Department of the
Interior 1933-1942
Ansel
Adams' Manzanar War Relocation Center Photographs - Library
of Congress and Picturing
the Century : Portfolio: Ansel Adams from the National
Archives
Ansel
Adams Fiat Lux Database - 1,761 images taken of the University
of California campuses taken in the 1960s. In March of 1963,
Clark Kerr, the President of the University of California,
asked Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall if they would accept a
commission to produce a book to commemorate the centennial
celebration of the University in 1968.
Masters
of Photography: Ansel Adams - articles and photographs
Ansel Adams Landscapes
[atara.net]
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Ansel
Adams: An American icon - By David Hume Kennerly
Environmental News Network, November 2, 1999
Peter
Barr Essay, "Ansel Adams, America's Saint George of Conservation";
November, 2000 - includes lesson
plan & activities
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Books |
- Ansel Adams : An Autobiography, by Ansel Adams,
Mary Street Alinder [amazon]
- Ansel
Adams at 100 - edited by John Szarkowski. [amazon]
- America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams With
the Writings of John Muir [amazon]
- The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 1), by
Ansel Adams, Robert Baker - 1st of a 3 book series [amazon]
- Yosemite, (October 1995) [amazon]
- My Camera in the National Parks (1950)
- Ansel Adams : Classic Images, by James Alinder
et al, [amazon
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- Born Free and Equal by Ansel Adams, Emily Medvec
ISBN: 0931547008
Ansel Adams -
Related Books [ocaiw]
Books
and pamphlets by Ansel Adams |
Educator's
Guide: Ansel Adams
From the Center for Creative
Photography
• The University of Arizona
Introduction to the view camera, Adam's zone
system and suggestions for discussing and interpreting the photographs.
The Ansel Adams Gallery
Stores located in Yosemite National Park and Monterey, CA
Sells books and posters.
The Friends of Photography - San Francisco
The Friends of Photography is
a not-for-profit,
member-supported, international
visual arts
organization that operates the
Ansel Adams
Center for Photography in San
Francisco.
It was founded in 1967 by Ansel
Adams and
other prominent artists and historians.
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