- Born
- 20 February 1902, San Francisco, California, United States
- First work
- 1927: Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras
- Peak
- 1936 to 1946 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1983: Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs
- Died
- 22 April 1984, Carmel-by-the-Sea, United States; aged 82; illness
Ansel Adams
Photographer: photographer, United States
Ansel Adams was a monumental American landscape photographer and conservationist whose dramatic black-and-white images came to define the American West. Trained initially as a concert pianist, he found his life's vocation in Yosemite National Park. In 1932, he co-founded Group f/64, advocating for unmanipulated prints, sharp focus, and maximal depth of field. With Fred Archer, he formulated the Zone System, a foundational technique for calculating exposure and tonal range. Adams used his photography in tireless advocacy for wilderness preservation alongside the Sierra Club. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980, his extraordinary body of work concluded with his death in Carmel, California, in 1984.
Who else was born on 20 February or who died on 22 April.
Compare with Alfred Eisenstaedt Compare with someone else
Signature works
- Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico photograph1941
- The Tetons and the Snake River photograph1942
- Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park photograph1944
- Monolith, the Face of Half Dome photograph1927
- Taos Pueblo other1930
- Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada photograph1944
Honours
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1980
- Hasselblad Award, 1981
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1946
Groups: Group f/64, Sierra Club.