Ansel Adams
Referred to as Ansel Adams, he was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his iconic black and white landscape images of the American West, especially his photographs of Yosemite National Park. These of which have assisted to establish photography among the fine arts.
In 1916, after a trip to Yosemite National Park, he began to experiment with photography. Further on, learned darkroom techniques and read photography magazines, attended camera cub meetings, and went to photography and art exhibits. He developed and sold his early photographs at Best’s Studio in Yosemite Valley, where these were then broadly replicated on calendars, posters and books to endorse conversation of wilderness areas. Adams first learnt about photography and the Sierra Neva da Mountains as a child, on a family vacation. Appreciation of photography as an art form had expanded by the 1960’s, to the point at which Adams’ images were shown in large galleries and museums. In 1974, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted a retrospective exhibition and Adams spent much of the 1970’s printing negatives in order to satisfy demand for his iconic works. His career spans seven decades, consisting of a wide range of subject matters, including portraits, still life, architecture and the landscapes for which he is most famous for. Adams was so intrigued with the idea of photographing America’s reserves; he applied for the Guggenheim Fellowship to allow further work. After applying he received grant funding and expanded the project, creating a book, a portfolio, many photographs, and a body of work that has remained central to his career.
His photographs are often described as dramatic and panoramic that rejoices the delivering potential of the natural world. His photographs of Yosemite show us what the National Park use to look like before tourism. Adams would often visit solitary environments to take his landscape photos. Within his photographs he rarely had many focal points; it was the tones of the photograph that were captured that would cause the viewer to look at every aspect of it. The photographs below taken by Ansel Adams of Yosemite National Park are consistent with black and white tones. This makes the weather captured in this shot look overpowering. The clouds in each photograph are prominent and threatening, this conveys the atmosphere present within this moment.
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that
every experience is a form of exploration” - Ansel Adams.
Opinions of work.
I believe that Adams scenic work is inspirational, it reminds me of a scene from a movie. Black and white photography is dramatic, the use of dark and light tones show contrast in the sky. The mountains include lots of shadows and appear to be threatening.
I will experiment with black and white photography and use Photoshop to enhance the definition to clouds. I intend to use darkroom techniques similar to Adam's work to create these high contrast prints.
In 1916, after a trip to Yosemite National Park, he began to experiment with photography. Further on, learned darkroom techniques and read photography magazines, attended camera cub meetings, and went to photography and art exhibits. He developed and sold his early photographs at Best’s Studio in Yosemite Valley, where these were then broadly replicated on calendars, posters and books to endorse conversation of wilderness areas. Adams first learnt about photography and the Sierra Neva da Mountains as a child, on a family vacation. Appreciation of photography as an art form had expanded by the 1960’s, to the point at which Adams’ images were shown in large galleries and museums. In 1974, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted a retrospective exhibition and Adams spent much of the 1970’s printing negatives in order to satisfy demand for his iconic works. His career spans seven decades, consisting of a wide range of subject matters, including portraits, still life, architecture and the landscapes for which he is most famous for. Adams was so intrigued with the idea of photographing America’s reserves; he applied for the Guggenheim Fellowship to allow further work. After applying he received grant funding and expanded the project, creating a book, a portfolio, many photographs, and a body of work that has remained central to his career.
His photographs are often described as dramatic and panoramic that rejoices the delivering potential of the natural world. His photographs of Yosemite show us what the National Park use to look like before tourism. Adams would often visit solitary environments to take his landscape photos. Within his photographs he rarely had many focal points; it was the tones of the photograph that were captured that would cause the viewer to look at every aspect of it. The photographs below taken by Ansel Adams of Yosemite National Park are consistent with black and white tones. This makes the weather captured in this shot look overpowering. The clouds in each photograph are prominent and threatening, this conveys the atmosphere present within this moment.
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that
every experience is a form of exploration” - Ansel Adams.
Opinions of work.
I believe that Adams scenic work is inspirational, it reminds me of a scene from a movie. Black and white photography is dramatic, the use of dark and light tones show contrast in the sky. The mountains include lots of shadows and appear to be threatening.
I will experiment with black and white photography and use Photoshop to enhance the definition to clouds. I intend to use darkroom techniques similar to Adam's work to create these high contrast prints.