American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
Ansel Adams
Adams c. 1950
Born
Ansel Easton Adams
(1902-02-20)February 20, 1902
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
April 22, 1984(1984-04-22) (aged 82)
Monterey, California, U.S.
Resting place
Ashes placed on the summit of Mount Ansel Adams in California's Ansel Adams Wilderness area[1]
Known for
Photography and conservationism
Movement
Group f/64
Spouse
Virginia Rose Best
(m. 1928)
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1980
Elected
Board of Directors, Sierra Club
Patron(s)
Albert M. Bender
Memorial(s)
Ansel Adams Wilderness
Mount Ansel Adams
Website
anseladams.org
anseladams.com
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.
Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 14, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of the Sierra Club. He was later contracted with the United States Department of the Interior to make photographs of national parks. For his work and his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.
Adams was a key advisor in the founding and establishment of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an important landmark in securing photography's institutional legitimacy. He helped to stage that department's first photography exhibition, helped found the photography magazine Aperture, and co-founded the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.
^Mills, Don (November 21, 2006). "A developing art form". National Post. p. B1. ProQuest 330658421 – via ProQuest. After his death, Congress designated a vast acreage beside Yosemite as the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area and named Mount Ansel Adams, on whose summit his ashes were placed.
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