Ansel Adams

(1902-1984)

American photographer and environmentalist

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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.

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Born	Ansel Easton Adams 20 February 1902 114 Maple Street, San Francisco, California USA
Died	22 April 1984 (aged 82) Carmel, California, USA
Zodiac	Pisces
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Virginia Rose Best 1904-2000 · · m. 1928 info edit

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Michael info 1st child with Virginia Rose Best Male b. 1 Aug 1933 · Age: 92 · 1933- · Celebrity Baby

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Anne info 2nd child with Virginia Rose Best Female b. 8 Mar 1935 · Age: 90 · 1935- · Celebrity Baby

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Walker Evans · Friend · 1903-1975 · American photographer edit info

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Beaumont Newhall · Friend · 1908-1993 · American art historian edit info

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Marie Cosindas · Friend · 1923-2017 · American photographer edit info

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