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Ansel Adams, the American Photographer, is best known for his photographs of nature and particuarly famous national parks in North America. He was also an established lecturer and writer.

Ansel Adams grew up in San Francisco, California and this natural beauty helped to develop his photographic eye. He chose to do this in his own company, where he could enjoy his passion and avoid uncomfortable relationships, which appealed to a shy young Ansel.

Yosemite Sierra was Ansel’s favorite area for photography and he regularly travelled around the area throughout his career, with the various cameras that he collected over his career.

1930 marked a key moment in Ansel Adams’ photography career as he met fellow photographer Paul Strand who helped Adams to change direction in his style to straight photography. This was to be crucial in the overall history of photography with Adams now ready to leave his mark.

Ansel Adams loved travelling to various parts of North America in order to photograph his favorite destinations. This connection between his photographs and the landscapes was understood by his audience.

Black and White Photography offers a frozen in time snapshot of a landscape, and it was Ansel Adams that first showed this style. He remains key to the whole industry of black and white photography prints, and his own photographs are in thousands of homes around North America and the rest of the world.

Yosemite Valley played host to one of Ansel Adams’ best black and white photographs, namely Half Dome, Merced River, Winter. The wonderful American landscape was shown in this photograph with snow, trees and mountains.

The world of art and photography is scattered with masters but no-one is more loved and respected for Black and White Photography than Ansel Adams. He left a lasting mark on the art of Photography.

Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West and primarily Yosemite National Park.

For his images, he developed the zone system, a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs. Although his large-format view cameras were difficult to use because of their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, their high resolution ensured sharpness in his images.

He founded the Group f/64 along with fellow photographers Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, which in turn created the Museum of Modern Art’s department of photography. Adams’ timeless and visually stunning photographs are reproduced on calendars, posters, and in books, making his photographs widely recognizable. – Wikipedia.

Ansel Adams – Oak Tree, Sunset City, California, 1932

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Yosemite National Park – Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was well known for his landscape photography of Yosemite National Park. Prints are available of his most famous art, simply click on your favourite photo to find out more.

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