Lindsay fowler ansel adams 6-6

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Lindsay Fowler -- Ansel Adams

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  • 1.Ansel Adams Lindsay Fowler Period 6

2. Vital Statistics

  • Born February 20, 1920
  • Died April 22, 1984
  • He was American
  • Lived in San Francisco, California

3. Personal Background

  • Ansel taught himself how to play the piano and read music.
  • This taught him discipline, substance and structure
  • It made him interested in the art world

4. Key Historical Events

  • When Ansel was a boy, he was diagnosed as hyperactive and dyslexic
  • He was then home schooled and developed a love of nature
  • He also developed this passion when we went on a trip to Yosemite, CA

5. Influence of the Art World

  • He showed people the importance of nature
  • He was influenced by a photographer named Paul Strand

6. Stylistic Traits

  • Nature Theme
  • Black and White
  • Staged/Set Up Photos
  • Field of View/Range

7. Stylistic Traits Example Art

  • Field of View
  • Staged
  • Nature
  • Black and White
  • Rose and Driftwood

8. Stylistic Traits Example Art

  • Field of View
  • Nature
  • Staged
  • Black and White
  • Oak Tree Snowstorm

9. Stylistic Traits Example Art

  • Nature
  • Field of View
  • Black and White
  • Staged
  • Aspens, New Mexico

10. Stylistic Traits Example Art

  • Nature
  • Field of View
  • Staged
  • Black and White
  • Gates of the Valley

11. Conclusion

  • My art and Adams art relate because they are both black and white, portray nature and show a range of dark black to bright white.
  • I learned the importance of nature and the ways that it can be shot in a photograph.
  • The most challenging thing to do was to stage the photograph in my head of how it will look black and white.
  • Principal strength was that I captured the beauty of nature
  • Principal weakness was that I couldve caught more diagnols and used the rule of three.