Ansel Adams Landscape Photography &
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The “Godfather” of Landscape Photography
• Born Feb 1902 • American photographer and
environmentalist • Originally studied music • First first visited Yosemite NaGonal Park
in 1916 with his family, father gave him his first camera at the Gme
• Following year, returned to Yosemite with a beLer camera and tripod
• Age 17 joined Sierra Club {group dedicated to protecGng wild placed on earth} eventually served as a director.
• Opened his own art and photo gallery in San. Fran 1933
• One of the founders of the magazine Aperture
• Ansel Adams is one of the most respected names in photography.
• Produced hundreds of images that became familiar across the world, as tributes to the epic landscapes of North America.
• Most well known for his innovaGve and brilliant black-‐and-‐white photos in landscape photography.
• Adams Style: sharp, clear depicGons, not blurry abstracGons in imitaGon of painGngs.
• The contribuGons of Ansel Adams to the world of photography go beyond preLy pictures of landscapes and natural forms.
• Developed “Zone System”. • The Zone System is a way
to manipulate the tonality of the images and capture the stark and vivid contrasts in nature that could never by recorded by the camera’s limited capabiliGes
• Ansel’s technique, bought out detail. • His wriLen technical photography manuals
are sGll regarded as influenGal and relevant in the modern era.
The Tetons and snake river 1942, Ansel Adams
Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier Na>onal Park -‐ Ansel Adams
The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) – Ansel Adams
Winter Sunrise, from Lone Pine – Ansel Adams
Many present day PHOTOGRAPHERS are inspired by the work of ANSEL ADAMS
Photograph by Peter Essick
Photograph by Peter Essick
Photograph by Peter Essick
Photograph by Peter Essick
Photograph by Peter Essick
Photographs by Peter Essick
You don’t take a Photograph, you make it. -Ansel Adams
[Discuss]
If you could make a Photograph of your surrounding environment in a posiGve light what
would your landscape look like?
Part 1:
[Discuss]
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save, the environment. -Ansel Adams
[Discuss]
If you could make a Photograph of your surrounding environment in a negaGve light
what would your landscape look like?
Part 2:
[Discuss]
• “Make” 14 landscape exposures. • 7 of the well composed images should aim to capturing the BeauGful landscape of our town or the surrounding area.
• 7 of the well composed images should make a statement about the transformaGon of the landscape.
Photograph a Photograph of your surrounding environment in a negaGve light what would your
landscape look like?
Shooting assignment:
[Discuss]
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