Great Black and White Photographers, PART 2

Ansel Adams was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California, and died April 22, 1984 in Monterey, California. As a beginner in photography, Ansel Adams sold his early photo's at Best's Studio in Yosemite Valley. Adam's professional breakthrough was due to his first portfolio publication, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras.  As his career expanded, hi spent time in New Mexico with artists including Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe and Paul Strand, and he also began to publish essays and instructional books on photography. Soon Adams joined photographers Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans with their commitment to affecting social and political change through art. Adams' photographies became very popular, and began being shown in large galleries and museums. Some of Adams' famous works published were "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome", Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico", "Clearing Winter Storm", and "White House Ruin."

"Oak Tree Snowstorm" By: Ansel Adams

 "Winter Sunrise" By: Ansel Adams