LO1 Blog Post #4 (Ansel Adams)

LO1 Blog Post 4

Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams was born in February 20th 1902 and died at the age of 82 in April 22nd 1984. He was an american photographer and a environmentalist. He made his black and white landscape photographs of the american west especially at the yosemite national park. They have been massively used on calenders, posters and in books. He developed the zone system with fred archer as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The clarity and depth characterized his photographs. He mainly used large format cameras because of their high resolution. He also founded the group f/64 along with the photographers willard can dyke and edward weston. He was born in San Francisco. He was born into the upper class with upper class parents. He was an only child named after his uncle. In 1927 he produced his first portfolio called parmelian prints of high sierras. Between 1929 and 1942 his work became more established with taking more detailed and close up photographs which at that time he became more experimental.

 This photograph by Ansel Adams is called The Tetons and the Snake River. It is a black and white photograph. It is very interesting with the mountain range in the background which looks like the river leading up to it. It is a negative photograph with it being taken in the Grand Teton National Park.

 This photograph was taken by Ansel Adams and is called Close Up of Leaves In Glacier National Park. It is another negative black and white photograph. This looks like a very detailed close up photograph. This photograph looks very different to his other photographs because this one is more detailed and close up where as his other photographs are more landscape.

This photograph was taken in 1942 by Ansel Adams.The photograph is called Church, Taos Pueblo. The photograph looks quite interesting as it looks like a gateway going to a run down church in a rural country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E0zRwY4pzQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams