Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902. He was and environmental activist and a famous nature photographer.
In the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Adams was thrown against a garden wall, and his broken nose never healed correctly. As a child, Ansel was hyperactive, often sick, had few friends, and behaved so badly in school that after he was dismissed from many schools, his family worked together to homeschool him. He taught himself how to play piano, but after a trip to Yosemite National Park, he began to try photography. Some of his early photographs were sold at Best’s Studio in Yosemite Valley, and in 1928 Adams married Virginia Best, the daughter of the studio’s owner, Together they ran the business until 1971, renamed it the Ansel Adams Gallery, and it still remains in the family today.
Adams’s first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras, was a huge success. During 1929-1942, Adams began to further develop his work. He began to experiment with different subjects for his photos, he worked with famous artists, and he began to write about photography. He also joined two photographers, Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, in their effort to raise awareness through art. Two of his causes were wilderness protection and wartime injustice. Adams’s photography was in museums and large galleries by the 1960s. On April 22, 1984, at the age of eighty-two, Adams had a heart attack and died at a hospital in Monterey, California.
Ansel Adams is still well known today as his photography continues to make an impact.
Works Cited
"Ansel Adams Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2016.
Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902. He was and environmental activist and a famous nature photographer.
In the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Adams was thrown against a garden wall, and his broken nose never healed correctly. As a child, Ansel was hyperactive, often sick, had few friends, and behaved so badly in school that after he was dismissed from many schools, his family worked together to homeschool him. He taught himself how to play piano, but after a trip to Yosemite National Park, he began to try photography. Some of his early photographs were sold at Best’s Studio in Yosemite Valley, and in 1928 Adams married Virginia Best, the daughter of the studio’s owner, Together they ran the business until 1971, renamed it the Ansel Adams Gallery, and it still remains in the family today.
Adams’s first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras, was a huge success. During 1929-1942, Adams began to further develop his work. He began to experiment with different subjects for his photos, he worked with famous artists, and he began to write about photography. He also joined two photographers, Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, in their effort to raise awareness through art. Two of his causes were wilderness protection and wartime injustice. Adams’s photography was in museums and large galleries by the 1960s. On April 22, 1984, at the age of eighty-two, Adams had a heart attack and died at a hospital in Monterey, California.
Ansel Adams is still well known today as his photography continues to make an impact.
Works Cited
"Ansel Adams Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2016.