Photographer Research – ANSEL ADAMS

Ansel Adams was an influential landscape photographer known for his black and white images of the west. He was born on February 20th, 1902 in San Fransico, California. Adams was an environmentalist and his passion for photography revolved around this love of nature. He was best known for his ultra-sharp landscape images using a 4×5 view camera.

Adam’s photography impacted society and he has been described as the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century. Ansel’s photography had a major impact on the American conservation movement, being able to capture nature’s raw beauty and contribute to the preservation of this beauty.

I chose Ansel Adams for this research project because I admire the passion he had for nature and how it translates into his passion for photography. His art captures the untouched natural beauty of the world. To Adams his work had a purpose, it came from a place of emotion and passion.

Adams died on April 22, 1984, in Carmel, California. Although he is no longer on this earth his passion will continue to live on in the art he left behind.

Works Cited

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nancy-Newhall

https://www.nps.gov/articles/ansel-adams-conservation.htm#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20important,and%20portraiture%20in%20national%20galleries.

https://shop.anseladams.com/collections/original-photographs-by-ansel-adams/products/monolith-the-face-of-half-dome-vintage