Ansel Adams
Photographer name, age, place of birth
Ansel Adams, February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984, San Francisco, California.
Education and family background
Went to Private school growing up and attended Harvard University
Adams grew up in a house along the sand dunes of the Golden Gate which got him interested in photography
The family business collapsed in the financial panic of 1907, and Adams’s father spent the rest of his life attempting to recoup
His style/trademark
Black-and-white landscape photographs
What made him famous
He's one of the premier pictorial photographers of all time. His work is "pure" photography recognized as an art form in and of itself
What did he say about his work
"A good photograph is knowing where to stand"
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs"
"When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without"
What others say about his work
One of the greatest photographers ever
What do you appericiate about his work?
I appreciate the black and white photos. They are very nice and calming