Ansel Adams

Also known as Ansel Easton Adams, Ansel Easton Adams II, Ansel E. 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.

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Ansel Adams (1902–1984) was an American photographer, pianist, writer, and mountaineer. Born in San Francisco, he died in Carmel-by-the-Sea. His field of work was photography, and he was a member of Group f/64 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Hasselblad Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and induction into the California Hall of Fame.

Adams is noted for the work "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." He authored 152 works, including "Ansel Adams, photographs 1923-1963," "Ansel Adams: recollected moments," "The enchanted galleon," "The negative," and "Zone system manual." His photographs are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Victoria.

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Born: 1902
Died: 1984
Works: 152

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Mission San Xavier del Bac
Ansel Adams 2027 Wall Calendar
Ansel Adams, photographs 1923-1963
Ansel Adams: recollected moments
The enchanted galleon

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1902
Active to: 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 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.

Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 14, 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.

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