Ansel AdamsBy Natalie MacPherson

10/18/12 Sandoval

February 20, 1902 –Charles and Olive Adams’ only child 1906- Broken nose from earthquake 1907- financial panic stole fortune 1915- pulled out of school, home tutors 1928- married Virginia Best April 22, 1984 – Death of Adams

Background

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” -  Ansel Adams

“The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score… and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.” -  Ansel Adams

“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature.”

— Ansel Adams, The Portfolios Of Ansel Adams

Photographic beliefs

1916- First Yosemite family trip. First picture with a Kodak Brownie box

March 1933- met renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz, whom mounted an exhibition for him in November of 1936

developed the “zone system” produced ten volumes of technical manuals on photography

Milestones & Acheivements

Examples of Work

http://blog.experiencepoint.com/2009/09/23/artist-series-ansel-adams/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adamshttp://www.sierraclub.org/history/ansel-adams/

Bibiography