Ansel Adams

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

Ansel Easton Adams
File:Ansel Adams and camera.jpg
Born	(1902-02-20)February 20, 1902 San Francisco, California
Died	April 22, 1984(1984-04-22) (aged 82) Monterey, California
Cause of death	Heart disease
Nationality	American
Occupation	Photographer and Conservationist
Children	Michael, Anne
Parent(s)	Charles and Olive Adams
Website	http://www.anseladams.com

Notable photographs

• Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, 1927.
• Rose and Driftwood, 1932.
• Yosemite Valley, Clearing Winter Storm, 1937 or earlier, probably 1935
• Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941.
• Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, 1941.
• Winter morning, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, 1944
• Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox at Canyon de Chelly
• Aspens, New Mexico, 1958.

A few of Adams' photographs

• Ansel Adams - Farm workers and Mt. Williamson.jpg

  Farm workers at Manzanar War Relocation Center with Mt. Williamson in the background.

• Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AA-E23 levels adj.jpg

  Close-up of leaves In Glacier National Park (1942).

• Adams The Tetons and the Snake River.jpg

  The Tetons and the Snake River (1942).

• Adams Boulder Dam 1942.jpg

  Looking across the water at the Hoover Dam, 1941.

• Canyon de Chelly, 1941

• Looking across lake toward mountains, "Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park," Montana., 1933 - 1942 - NARA - 519861.jpg

  Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park (1942).

• Adams Church Taos Pueblo.jpg

  Church, Taos Pueblo (1942).

Ansel Adams Media

• Kodak No 1 Brownie Model B box camera, the first camera that Adams was given at age 14 while on a family trip to Yosemite National Park, California in 1916

• Best studio Yosemite 1920s.gif

  Harry Best standing in front of his studio, c. 1922–1925

• Lodgepole Pines photo by Ansel Adams.jpg

  Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park (1921)

• Ansel-adams-monolith-the-face-of-half-dome - edit1.jpg

  Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California (1927)

• An apple orchard at Yosemite's Half Dome (1931)

• "Coloseum Mountain, Kings River Canyon (Proposed as a national park)," California, 1936., ca. 1936 - NARA - 519933.tif

  Coloseum Mountain, Kings River Canyon, California (1936)

• Ansel Adams - Personnel File Photograph - NARA.jpg

  Photograph of Ansel Adams

• Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.jpg

  Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1941)