Thursday, September 30, 2010

Great B&W photographers part 2

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He died on April 22, 1984 in Carmel, California. He had problems in school and only received an eigth grade education. He preferred learning mainly through his own interests. He was serious about music but was also interested in photography.He had a job of a photo technician, which made him learn more about his hobby. He then started his career as a photographer. One of his books he published was the Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras in 1927. Some other books he published were the Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail in 1938, the Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley in 1940, Yosemite and the High Sierra in 1948, and also My Camera in Yosemite Valley in 1949. Some of pictures of Ansel Adams are shown below: 





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