Ansel Adams:
Ansel Adams was an American photogropher best known for his images of the American west, including yosemite national park. Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California. His iconic black and white images helped to establish photography among the fine arts. He died in Monterey, California, on April 22, 1984.
Between 1929 and 1942, Adams work and reputation developed. He spent time in New Mexico with artist including Alfred Steiglits, Geroriga O' Keffe and Paul Strand. He started to publish essays and instructional books based on photography. After the internment of Japanese peoplde during World War, 2, Adams Photographed in the camps for an essay on wartime injustice.
In 1919, 17 year old, Ansel Adams, had first contact with this club named the sierra club, when he took a job as a custodian, of the clubs LeConte memorial, Lodge, the club headquarters in Yosemite National park. In 1927, Adams participated in the clubs annual outing, or the high trip, the next year he became the clubs official trip photogropher. In 1930 he became assistant manager of the outings which is a month long excursions of about 200 people.
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