Ansel Adams‚ Half Dome and Clouds (Upside-down Photograph)‚ Yosemite National Park‚ 1916 As a fundamental environmentalist Ansel Adams played an extremely important role in the development of nature and landscape photography. Through his first photograph‚ done at the age of fourteen with a Kodak Box Brownie given to him by his parents‚ Half Dome and Clouds (Upside-down Photograph) 1916‚ Adams noted that there was a lacked crispness‚ as well as lack of
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Auria Through the Eyes of Ansel Adams A man with vision‚ image‚ and a camera‚ Ansel Adams Left the world mesmerized with an open mouth. Quite possibly the most infamous photographer‚ Ansel was known world-wide for his stunning black-and-white images of Yosemite national park landscape. “Through his photographs he has touched countless people with a sense of that mystique and a realization of the importance of preserving the last remaining wilderness lands” (Turnage). Ansel was also an active environmentalist
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Ansel Adams President Jimmy Carter‚ in presenting Ansel Adams with the Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ best describes the life and work of Ansel Adams. "At one with the power of the American landscape‚ and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work‚ photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country ’s wild and scenic areas‚ both on film and on earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature ’s monuments‚ he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument
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The Impact of Ansel Adams The evolution of photography‚ from the very beginning to the modern technology we have today‚ is largely due to a few select specialists that took the matter into their own hands. Many discoveries were made about photography during the late 1800’s and into the 1900’s‚ but none greater than the discoveries of Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams made a huge impact on photography because of his technological advances‚ environmental work‚ and how he won the hearts of many with his
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The photograph I chose to do an analysis on was taken by Ansel Adams and is titled Mirror Lake‚ Morning‚ Yosemite National Park. This photograph was taken in 1935‚ in Yosemite National Park which is located in California. Ansel Adams was born on February 1902‚ in San Francisco‚ California. Ansel Adams rose to a prominent photographer of the American West‚ particularly capturing photos in Yosemite National Park. Ansel Adams used his work to promote conservation of wilderness areas. His iconic black-and-white
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essay on one of Ansel Adams most famous photographs from his long and successful career titled Half Dome. The photograph of Half Dome medium of the photograph is black and white. Ansel Adams in my opinion is one of the greatest photographers of all time. I believe his photographs are a work of art. Ansel Adams was a true visual genius with a camera‚ he went to a location set up his camera and the end result was always perfect. When I look at a photograph that was taken by Ansel Adams I feel at ease
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Ansel Adams was born on February 20‚ 1902‚ in beautiful San Francisco‚ California. Adams grew to be a great inspiring person as a photographer of the American West‚ particularly Yosemite National Park. He used his work to promote the conservation of wilderness areas. His outstanding black-and-white images helped to establish photography among fine arts. He died in Monterey‚ California‚ on April 22‚ 1984 as one of the greatest landscape photagrghers who ever lived. Ansel Adams was born
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Ansel Adams was a black and white photographer and also an environmentalist. He was born in San Francisco California. Adams grew up in a house by the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. Adams was already a really shy and intense genius personality. He learned how to do painting and photos at an early age‚ he taught himself most of his skills because his parents were old when he was young so he didn’t have many people to teach him‚ he took it into his own hands. He had an “earthquaked nose” he
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and passed away on April 22nd‚ 1984. When Ansel was 4 years old‚ an aftershock of the great earthquake and fire of 1906 threw him to the ground and badly broke his nose. A year later his family fortune collapsed in a finical panic in 1907. Ansel loved nature despite his different childhood. When Ansel was 12 he taught himself how to play piano and how to read music. For the next 12 years piano was his primary job‚ and in 1920‚ his intended profession. Ansel gave up music for photography. In 1919 he
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artists work together and one alone. Ansel Adams was a visionary figure in nature photography and wilderness preservation. He is seen as an environmental folk hero and a symbol of the American West‚ especially of Yosemite National Park. Adams’ dedication to wilderness preservation‚ his commitment to the Sierra Club‚ and of course‚ his signature black-and-white photographs inspire an appreciation for natural beauty and a strong conservation ethic. Adams was born in San Francisco‚ California in
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