Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Monday, October 3, 2016

Great Black And White Photographers Part 2

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.




http://www.biography.com/people/ansel-adams-9175697
http://vault.sierraclub.org/history/ansel-adams/

Avoiding Mergers

This photo is avoiding mergers because the girl is facing towards the city.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Balance

I chose this photo for balance because everythings balanced and not tilted, its all straight.

Framing

I chose this photo for framing because the photo is like framing around the people that are walking.

Simplicity

I chose this photo for simplicity because, around the guy is just lines, so the guy is the center of your attention.

Lines

I chose this photo for lines, because theres alot of lines that repeat.