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Ansel Adams. Morgan Doetze October 2012 Digital Photography. Life in Overview. Born February 20, 1902 Died April 22, 1984 Married to Virginia Best Michael & Anne. Origins. Born in San Francisco, California Received only an 8 th grade education Loved outdoors Trip to Yosemite in 1916.
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Ansel Adams Morgan DoetzeOctober 2012 Digital Photography
Life in Overview • Born February 20, 1902 • Died April 22, 1984 • Married to Virginia Best • Michael & Anne
Origins • Born in San Francisco, California • Received only an 8th grade education • Loved outdoors • Trip to Yosemite in 1916
Awards Won • Doctor of Arts • Conservation Service Award • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Sierra Club John Muir Award • Hasselblad Award • Induced into the California Hall of Fame
Life • Played piano • Joined Sierra Club • Became full-time photographer • Opened the Ansel Adams Gallery for the Arts • Visited New York • Became president of Sierra Club • Wrote many books
Quotes “It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium” “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed” “Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs” “You don’t take a photograph, you make it”
Why He Appeals to Me • Breathtaking images • Shadows and reflections • Black and white • Landscapes • Nature
Why He Appeals to Others • “Visualization” • Usage of zones • Scenery • Pure natural beauty
In Contemporary Media • Magazines/Articles • Stories • Artwork • Images often used as desktop backgrounds • Let’s people “visit” a place they’ve never been
Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams • http://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Adams-Ansel.html# • http://www.anseladams.com/ansel-adams-information/ansel-adams-biography/ • http://photography.about.com/od/famousphotographersbios/a/AnselAdamsQuotes.htm • http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2011/09/ten-of-ansels-adams-best-landscape-photographs-analyzed/ • All images at http://images.google.com