Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was a renowned American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West and primarily Yosemite National Park.

Ansel Easton Adams
Born	(1902-02-20)February 20, 1902 San Francisco, California
Died	April 22, 1984(1984-04-22) (aged 82) Monterey, California
Cause of death	Heart disease
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Photographer and Conservationist
Children	Michael, Anne
Parent(s)	Charles and Olive Adams
Website	http://www.anseladams.com

Works

Notable photographs

• Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, 1927.
• Rose and Driftwood, 1932.
• Yosemite Valley, Clearing Winter Storm, 1937 or earlier, probably 1935
• Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941.
• Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, 1941.
• Winter morning, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, 1944
• Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox at Canyon de Chelly
• Aspens, New Mexico, 1958.

A few of Adams' photographs

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  Farm workers at Manzanar War Relocation Center with Mt. Williamson in the background.
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  Close-up of leaves In Glacier National Park (1942).
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  The Tetons and the Snake River (1942).
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  Looking across the water at the Hoover Dam, 1941.
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  Canyon de Chelly, 1941
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  Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park (1942).
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  Church, Taos Pueblo (1942).