Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He is a famous photographer and environmentalist best known for his black and white pictures of Yosemite National Park. By 1927, Adams had finished his first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of The High Sierra. Soon after the release of his first portfolio Adams was receiving jobs to photograph wealthy customers of his. Ansel Adams used a technique in photography known as Previsualization, where he would visualize what the final product would look like before taking the picture. He co-founded Group f/64 with other San Francisco photographers. In 1939 Adams, along with Archer, developed Zone System. Zone System allowed for photographers to determine the ideal film exposure and development. It was an organized method for photographers to define the relationship between the way they visualize the subject and the final results. Many of his photos are reproduced in calanders, posters and books.  

 One of Ansel Adams most famous photographs The Tetons and the Snake River shows one of the Western images he is so well known for.

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