Creative Project PresentationJessica Martinez Arts AppreciationARTS 1301-63002

Ansel Easton Adams AKA Ansel Adams• Born: February 20, 1902 in San

Francisco, California. • Died: April 22, 1984 (82) in

Monterey, California.• Environmental Activist• Uses his gift/talent in

photograph to promote wilderness areas.

• 1929 and1942 he joined two other photographers in their commitment to affect social and political change through their art.

• Photographed the lives of the Japanese in camps during World War II

• Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico =Financial Stability

More info of the awesome Ansel.. • Crooked Nose due to the after shock of an earthquake that

caused him to be thrown into a garden wall, broke his nose.• Thrown out of schools• Thought himself the piano• His love for photography started after a trip to Yosemite

National Park (darkroom tech, read photography magazines, clubs)

• Married (Virginia Best) the daughter of the Best’s Studio owner. (he sold his early photographs there)

• Inherited the shop after Virginias father passed, now remains as the Ansel Adams Gallery.

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence”

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California, 1944 By Ansel Adams

• Date of Photograph C. 1937 (Negative) 1976-77 (Print)

• Dimension of Photograph

15 5/8 x 19 3/16 inches

• Gelatin silver print• Geographical Location Yosemite National Park, California, United States, North and Central America

The Lost and Found by Jessica Martinez

• Date of Photograph

April 1st , 2014• Geographical

Location Oak Cliff, Dallas,Texas, United States

• Jessica Yazell Martinez

• Born: October 28,1994

• Still Alive.• Talent in Art• I don’t have much to

say about myself.

Art Elements and Design Principles

Light:Chiaroscuro: light dark effect by the light and shadow. Created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.

Color:Value : Light to dark, helps to create the illusion of space.

Space:Isometric Perspective: Parallel linesNo fixed point of view

Subject Matter of Artwork & Media Technique Adam’s subject matter• Produces images of original,

untouched nature,• Imagines where one has

never been!!where one could imagine that humans have never been

• Photographs raised public support for national parks and for the environmental movement in general

Media Technique • The Zone System “Zone System allows photographers to consistently control the tonal range in the negative”“allows photographers the greatest possible control over the characteristics of black-and-white film.”

Compare and Contrast • Comparison Black &White (characteristics)Nature Portraits

Contrast • Adams picture has more depth. • Atmospheric Perspective:

shown as distantneither extremely dark or light in value

Resources•  ”Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the

Close View.” Center of Creative Photography. May 04, 2014. Web

• “Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park” Philamuseum. May 04, 2014. Web.

• "Ansel Easton Adams." 2014. The Biography.com website. May 06 2014