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Challenges: •Companies were conducting projects that were destroying the wilderness. •People were not living in harmony with wildernesses environmental balance. •Ansel broke his nose in an aftershock of the 1906 earthquake scarring him for life. •Criticized for not including humans in his photographs.
Steps taken to meet goals: •Ansel Adams started his photography at the Sierra Club and his first published photos and writings appeared in the club’s 1922 bulletin.
http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/adams/ http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://www.anseladams.com/
Moon and Half Dome By Ansel Adams
Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, 1932
Facial issues of Ansel Adams •During San Francisco earthquake of 1906 •Ansel fell down and bashed his nose •Permanently bent
Famous photos •Moon and half dome, Yosemite national park, CA 1960 •Leaves, Mount Rainier National Park, WA, c. 1942 •Oak tree, snow storm, Yosemite national park CA, 1948
Other Career choices •Classical pianist •Accepted that fingers were too short to play •Decided on photography
Honors and awards •Fellow of the American academy of arts and sciences (1966) •Presidential medal of freedom (1980) •Conservation service award (1968)
Works Cited Alinder, James. Ansel Adams: Classic Imgaes. New York: Little Brown Company, 1985. “Ansel Adams.” Biography Today Artists Series. 1996. “Ansel Adams.” Sierra Club: Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet. 7 May 2008 . Turnage, William A. “Biography of Ansel Admas.” The Ansel Adams Gallery. 2008. 7 May 2008 .
Involute Cactus, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, 1952
