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Ansel Adams
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Ansel Adams
The life and career of the 20th century American photographer including style, themes and subjects.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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1993
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"Ansel Adams was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco. He was a photographer best known for technical innovations in his work and for masterly representations of mountainous terrain. He started out as a student of music rather than photography, but photography was an avocation until 1927 when he published his first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. This consisted of photographs in the style of the old Pictorialists who had imitated Impressionist painting by suppressing detail in favor of soft, misty effects often achieved in the darkroom rather than in the camera (Moritz, 1977, pp. 1-2).Trained as a pianist, Adams divided his time between music and photography until 1930. That was when he was first impressed by the work of photographer Paul Strand, an American whose work emphasized beauty of tone and sharp detail. Adams then decided..."
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