Ansel Adams

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Photography I

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)

• Born in San Francisco,

• Early interest in music and the piano–Wanted to be concert pianist

• In 1916 he took his first photographs of the Yosemite Valley at age 14– Knew then wanted to be photographer

• founded Group f/64 –With several other California-based photographers,

notably Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham

• “For Adams, the f/64 philosophy embodied an approach to perfect realization of photographic vision through technically flawless prints.”

Ansel AdamsBridal Veil Fall,Yosemite Valleyc. 1927

Ansel AdamsMonolith, The Face of Half Dome,Yosemite Valley, Californiac. 1927

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1938

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park,1942 or earlier

Lake MacDonald,Glacier National Park1942

The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming 1942

Close-up of leaves, from directly above, "In Glacier National Park," Montana (1942)

Winter Sunrise, the Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California, 1944

Mount Williamson - the Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1945

Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1947

Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point. 15 September, 1948

Mono Lake, California1948

Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, California, 1948

Ansel Adams Bridalveil Fall ca 1952

Aspens, Northern New Mexico1958

Aspens, Northern New Mexico1958

Ansel AdamsMoon and Half Dome,Yosemite Valley 1960

El Capitan Winter, Sunrise,Yosemite National Park, California, 1968