Cottonwood and Light, Utah, 1987
Maple Leaves, Mud, Zion
Pearsonville, CA
Spring Rain, Yosemite-Ansel Adams
-Feb. 20 1902 — Apr. 22, 1984
-Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California. He was there son of Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray. When Adams was only four, an aftershock of the great earthquake and fire of 1906 threw him to the ground and badly broke his nose, distinctly marking him for life. A year later the family fortune collapsed in the financial panic of 1907, and Adams's father spent the rest of his life doggedly but fruitlessly attempting to recoup. An only child, Adams was born when his mother was nearly forty. His relatively elderly parents, affluent family history, and the live-in presence of his mother's maiden sister and aged father all combined to create an environment that was decidedly Victorian and both socially and emotionally conservative. Natural shyness and a certain intensity of genius, coupled with the dramatically "earthquaked" nose, caused Adams to have problems fitting in at school. When Adams was twelve he taught himself to play the piano and read music. Soon he was taking lessons, and the ardent pursuit of music became his substitute for formal schooling.Adams described himself as a photographer — lecturer — writer. It would perhaps be more accurate to say that he was simply — indeed, compulsively — a communicator. He endlessly traveled the country in pursuit of both the natural beauty he revered and photographed and the audiences he required.
-Adams' photography is centered mostly around nature.
-I am drawn to Adams' photography because of his use of black and white and color. His photos really stand out due to the colors.
http://www.anseladams.com/
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