Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was born in February 20, 1902 in San Fransico, California. He went to a Private School. He died in April 22, 1984 when he was 82 years old. Before he died he had 2 kids. He was known as the best black and white photographer of the American West. Ansel Adams was really hyper when he was a child and would always get sick. When he was little he wouldnt play sports, instead of sports he would collet bugs and do research. When he was 12 he had already taught himself to play the piano and soon after that he taught him self how to read music, he would also get piano lessons and he was also a professional at it too. When Ansel Adams went to Yosemite National Park, his dad gave him his first camera. He would always go there to take pictures and soon starting to love it. Ever since that day he would take pictures everyday. When he was still at Yosemite National Park one of his family members had the Best Studio, so he would pratice his piano in there studio. Later on one of his family member died that had the studio so they gave it to Ansel Adams and kept it till 1971 and renamed it Ansel Adams Gallery. In 1930, Ansel Adams made his first book and was published.
The "Rose on Barnwood" seen above was created by severely brain-injured and paralyzed Curtis J Neeley Jr who graduated high school the year AA died. This image was done from a wheelchair and is a "better" photograph Mr Neeley believes though admitting standing on the shoulders of giants. The image was done with a digital camera and with a "wild" rose on a board from Lloyd Shank's barn. This old barn was torn down in the mid 90's but one board will be buried with Mr Neeley.
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One day in 1932 Ansel Adams' mother brought him a pale pink rose from her garden. Thirty-year-old Adams decided to photograph the rose and put it in his north facing window where its petals appeared translucent in the light, as was not visually pleasant. Ansel began searching for the perfect background and tried a number of things like bowls, pillows and books but was unhappy with these. Remembering a piece of weather-worn plywood from a nearby beach, Ansel sat the rose atop it under the window. The smooth shapes and texture of the petals contrasted with the textured plywood. Ansel took the photograph using a 4 x 5-inch film camera. The rest is history... Sourced from HERE and from memory and a lifelong study of B&W photography.
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