Ansel Adams- Short Biography

Ansel Adams was born on February 20,1902. He died of a heart failure on April 22,1984 at the age of 82. Ansel Adams was a American photographer and is known for his amazing black & white pictures. Some well know pictures that he took are Winter Sunrise taken in 1944 and Sentinel Dome taken in 1940. An interesting fact is that when Ansel was 12 he taught himself to play the piano and he wanted to become a concert pianist. A few years later he and his family went on a trip to Yosemite National Park and there he fell in love with the land. This was a turning point in his life and made him decide to focus on photography rather than his music I chose Ansel Adams because I really liked his pictures of the land and how it was in black & white. With the pictures in black & white you are able to focus on the land without the distractions of color in his pictures. My favorite picture is Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome. I really like this picture because the tree looks really interesting the way it twists and bends over toward the large boulders on the ground next to the tree. I also like the mountains in the background.