Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams

  • American

Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist, notable for his black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially of Yosemite National Park. Ansel Adams grew-up in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco, California. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1902/02/20 Born Born Ansel Adams's Birthday
1906/04/18 Ansel Adams falls and breaks his nose when an aftershock knocks him to the ground as he was running to dinner. Health Western Addition Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
1941/00/00 In Yosemite, Adams begins his commission from Secretary Harold LeClair Ickes Adams to produce large-format photographs of US Interior Dept properties. Photographer Yosemite Village Historic District Yosemite National Park Ansel Adams: Mural Project 1941-1942
1941/00/00 Education Stanford University Main Quad Stanford, CA
1942/00/00 After taking more than 200 images, the Adams' project is halted in 1942 due to World War II. Photographer Ansel Adams: Mural Project 1941-1942
1953/00/00 Ansel Adams photographs St Teresa of Avila Church creating "Church and Road" Photographer St Teresa of Avila Church Bodega
1984/04/22 Died Died
2010/03/00 The Mural Project 1941-1942 features 26 giclee canvas murals including Grand Teton, Grand Canyon and Glacier National Parks is installed at the Main Interior Building in Washington, DC. Photographer US Department of the Interior Building Washington, DC Ansel Adams: Mural Project 1941-1942
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