Masters of Photography Project part II

Ansel Adams

"Moonrise"

    Ansel Adams was a spectacular photographer that was born on February 20, 1902. He was born in San Francisco, California in the United States. In his early childhood, people quickly realized that Ansel was different from the other children when he started to take interest in the beauty of nature over sports. He had a wonderful relationship with his father and a distant relationship with his mother. But after the death of his grandfather his father began to have trouble with in his business and suffered great financial losses. This caused Ansel's family to have many struggles to the point that they had to send Ansel to many private schools.

    In 1927, Ansel became comfortable enough to create his first photography portfolio. He became comfortable to reveal his photography to the critical eye because he had finally found his own style. His first portfolio earned him almost $3,900, and created a basis for his first job in commercial photography. Through the jobs that he had learned how to appreciate how important it is to "carefully craft photos". Between 1920-1942, he managed to settle down, get married and further mature and develop his "style", but Adams still felt unsatisfied with is work. In 1933 Adams opened his own art and photography gallery in San Francisco, and his first child, Michael, was born. His daughter Anne was born two years later in 1935. In 1940, Ansel created the largest photography show called the Pageant of Photography. In 1941 he began teaching at the Art Center School of Los Angeles.

    Adams died on April 22, 1984 at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, in Monterey, California. At 82, he passed away from cardiovascular disease. He lived his life with his Wife, Virginia Adams, son, Micheal Adams, daughter, Anne Helms, and five grandchildren. Adams poured all of his hard work into what made him stand out as child, and created a successful career for himself. Ansel Adams left the world with some of the most remarkable and foreword thinking photography that created inspiration and creative motivation for a new generation of photographers.

Ansel Adams

"Taos Pueblo"