Ansel Adams
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born
February 20, 1902
died
April 22, 1984
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male
place of birth
San Francisco, California, The United States
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Arts & Photography, Outdoors & Nature
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Though wilderness and the environment were his grand passions, photography was his calling, his metier, his raison d'etre.
From: Ansel Adams, Photographer
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The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 1) by Ansel Adams avg rating 4.18 — 164 ratings — published 1991 2 editions |
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The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 2) by Ansel Adams, Robert Baker avg rating 4.48 — 132 ratings — published 1948 4 editions |
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The Print (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 3) by Ansel Adams, Robert Baker avg rating 4.56 — 95 ratings — published 1950 3 editions |
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Ansel Adams at 100 by Ansel Adams, John Szarkowski avg rating 4.60 — 70 ratings — published 2001 4 editions |
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Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs by Ansel Adams avg rating 4.69 — 51 ratings — published 2007 |
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Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs by Ansel Adams avg rating 4.46 — 50 ratings — published 1983 2 editions |
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Ansel Adams: Classic Images by Ansel Adams avg rating 4.56 — 48 ratings — published 1985 2 editions |
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography by Ansel Adams, Mary Street Alinder avg rating 3.92 — 48 ratings — published 1985 2 editions |
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The Portfolios of Ansel Adams by Ansel Adams, John Szarkowski avg rating 4.60 — 30 ratings — published 1994 2 editions |
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Yosemite and the High Sierra by Ansel Adams, John Szarkowski avg rating 4.45 — 31 ratings — published 1994 |
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"You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved."
— Ansel Adams
— Ansel Adams
"To the complaint, 'There are no people in these photographs,' I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer."
— Ansel Adams
— Ansel Adams
