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Ansel Adams

American Photographer

By Neckea Cantave

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Vital Statistics

• Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco California on February 20, 1902

• Adams was Caucasian, American, and male• He died in Carmel California on April 2, 1984• He was a pianist turned photographer, who

only shot nature in black and white

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• He broke his nose in the aftershocks of the San Francisco earthquakes in 1906

• As a result of his broken nose and shyness, he had problems fitting in at school

• He was sent to many different schools then his father and aunt home schooled him

• Because of his solitary childhood, he found joy in nature

Key Personal Events

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Key Personal Events

• He taught himself how to play piano at the age of 12

• He was going to become a professional pianist until his parents gave him a Kodak No. 1 Box Brownie

• He began taking photographs of Yosemite National Park in the summer of 1916

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Key Historical Events

• He was strongly influenced to perserve nature, this was shown in his pictures

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Stylistic Traits

• He uses black and white film

• Takes picture of nature

• He focused on the form of his subjects

• He took close ups of his subjects and focused on their textures

Banner Peak, Thousand Island Lake

• In this photo Adams focuses in on the form of this rocky mountain, you can see the different textures and shades of the subjects because of the black and white film

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Dogwood Blossoms

• In this photograph because it is cropped you can focus in on the details of the flower and wood.

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