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Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist born in San Francisco. Ansel was a very hyperactive child and continuously had to change schools, at one point he was withdrawn and studied at home for two years. After a long process he finally graduated high school and was able to pursue his passion for photography. His love for art began when he was 12  and was given his first camera before taking a trip to Yosemite National Park. He cared deeply about the environment and he became the president of the Sierra club and he worked as a technician for Kodak. He became a very large advocates for environmental conservation and his photographs became centered around that. Most of his images were taken in the American West. Ansel was a deeply religious person and felt through nature and the natural world, he could connect to God. He said that God gave us the world and he wanted to take photographs that he thought showed that. The images he made were made using a viewfinder camera, he said this made his images feel larger than life and feel almost theatrical. The pictures he took were of things that he felt were special. He also built a platform on the top of his car to give his images a different perspective and make the viewer feel like they were floating. He liked to use different shapes and scales in nature in his work, like art. His style was high contrast and all of his images were balck and white. Ansel also used a small aperture in his work to keep everything in focus.













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