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Friday, May 16, 2014
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Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was born February 20th, 1902. He grew up in San Francisco, although life became difficult after his grandfather, a wealthy timber baron lost his fortune to the financial panic in 1907. Adams fell when he was four, breaking his nose in an earthquake that would be a permanent disfiguration. Ansel struggled in all his schooling endeavors, resulting in his aunt and father being his personal tutors before he went on to earn a diploma from Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins Private School, which was approximately equivalent to completing the eight grade. Afterwards, Adams turned his focus on music, wanting to become a pianist, but slowly his interests evolved into photography. This new found love for taking pictures went hand in hand with his love for the environment and nature.Adams said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great eartyh gesture." that he found in the Yosemite Sierra. He even met his wife, Virginia Best in Yosemite, whom he married in 1927 and had two children with. Adam's first revolutionary picture, Monolith, Face of Half-Dome was taken in 1927.
I chose this photo because I love the contrast between the dark of the rocks and trees against the light of the water and the mist or spray being thrown up by the waterfall. It is really beautiful and the black and white effect makes a huge impact.
Friday, May 2, 2014
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