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Ansel Adams Landscape Photography &
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The “Godfather” of Landscape Photography
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• Born Feb 1902 • American photographer and
environmentalist • Originally studied music • First first visited Yosemite NaGonal Park
in 1916 with his family, father gave him his first camera at the Gme
• Following year, returned to Yosemite with a beLer camera and tripod
• Age 17 joined Sierra Club {group dedicated to protecGng wild placed on earth} eventually served as a director.
• Opened his own art and photo gallery in San. Fran 1933
• One of the founders of the magazine Aperture
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• Ansel Adams is one of the most respected names in photography.
• Produced hundreds of images that became familiar across the world, as tributes to the epic landscapes of North America.
• Most well known for his innovaGve and brilliant black-‐and-‐white photos in landscape photography.
• Adams Style: sharp, clear depicGons, not blurry abstracGons in imitaGon of painGngs.
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• The contribuGons of Ansel Adams to the world of photography go beyond preLy pictures of landscapes and natural forms.
• Developed “Zone System”. • The Zone System is a way
to manipulate the tonality of the images and capture the stark and vivid contrasts in nature that could never by recorded by the camera’s limited capabiliGes
• Ansel’s technique, bought out detail. • His wriLen technical photography manuals
are sGll regarded as influenGal and relevant in the modern era.
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The Tetons and snake river 1942, Ansel Adams
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Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier Na>onal Park -‐ Ansel Adams
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The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) – Ansel Adams
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Winter Sunrise, from Lone Pine – Ansel Adams
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Many present day PHOTOGRAPHERS are inspired by the work of ANSEL ADAMS
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Photograph by Peter Essick
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Photograph by Peter Essick
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Photograph by Peter Essick
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Photograph by Peter Essick
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Photograph by Peter Essick
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Photographs by Peter Essick
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You don’t take a Photograph, you make it. -Ansel Adams
[Discuss]
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If you could make a Photograph of your surrounding environment in a posiGve light what
would your landscape look like?
Part 1:
[Discuss]
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save, the environment. -Ansel Adams
[Discuss]
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If you could make a Photograph of your surrounding environment in a negaGve light
what would your landscape look like?
Part 2:
[Discuss]
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• “Make” 14 landscape exposures. • 7 of the well composed images should aim to capturing the BeauGful landscape of our town or the surrounding area.
• 7 of the well composed images should make a statement about the transformaGon of the landscape.
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Photograph a Photograph of your surrounding environment in a negaGve light what would your
landscape look like?
Shooting assignment:
[Discuss]