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    Biography of Ansel Adams Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco on February 20, 1902. He was the only child born to Olive Bray and Charles Hitchcock Adams. He grew up in a large home near the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. Adams was a shy, intense child and had some difficulty fitting in in school. As a result, he was home schooled by his father and an aunt. Later in life he speculated that he may have had a hyperactive disorder. Some have suggested he may have been dyslexic. He received a diploma

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    Ansel Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was a photographer and environmentalist born in San Francisco, California. He was the only child and son of Charles Hitchcock Adams, a businessman, and Olive Bray. When he was four years old, the aftershock of the great earthquake of 1906 threw him to the ground and badly broke his nose that marked him for the rest of his life. In 1907, the family fortune collapsed in a financial panic and his father spent the rest of his life trying to recover. His

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    Assess the impact of Ansel Adams as an influential figure in the conservation movement Intro America’s National Parks are deeply indebted to the American photographer Ansel Adams. Through his masterful photography, he turned Yosemite National Park into an American icon. Ansel spent the majority of his life fighting for the National Parks through intense political activism. He was a key figure in conservation in the United States, beginning in a time when environmental conservation was a rare concept

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    There have been numerous photographers all through history who influenced other artists. Ansel Adams is one them was an inspiring environmentalist and landscape photographer from the 1980's. Adams was known for black and white landscape photographs and using his work to promote conservation of the wilderness. He was born in 1902 in San Francisco, California; Coming from a wealthy family, his grandfather founded a lumber business. The lumber business would then be passed on to Ansel's dad. That would

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    a photograph, you make it.” - Ansel Adams Ansel Adams was a great man. He was an Environmentalist, Lecturer, Conversationalist and most importantly a Photographer. He has inspired many with his beautiful pictures of nature. He has inspired many to look at nature in a whole new way. Ansel Adams has influenced the way we look at nature. Ansel Easton Adams was born on February 20th, 1902 in San Francisco to high class parents Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray Adams. His mother Olive was from Maryland

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    Alison Waara CP English 11 December 4, 2014 Ansel Adams Research Paper "The splendor of Yosemite burst upon us and it was glorious... One wonder after another descended upon us... There was light everywhere... A new era began for me" (“American Experience | Ansel Adams | People & Events”). In year of 1916, he took his first trip to Yosemite National Park with his family. There, he saw the incredible views of the park, views he would continuously see throughout his life. His passion, not only for

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    photographer that took this journey with his art was Ansel Adams. At a very young age he felt a spiritual connection and inspiration with Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada country. He honed his talent and technique as a photographer to capture that power and inspiration so that it radiated from his final prints. As people observed his prints, they were moved and in turn provided power to protect the majesty of the wilderness that Ansel so loved. Adams was an only child to his parents and his father “molded

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    As Adams pursued his work in both art and conservation the various lines of his life were beginning to converge revealing both the unity and the disjunction of his ideas. 137 His impact was felt on both spheres of influence. Using modern techniques of mass communications, Adams brought a vision of idealized wilderness to a broad audience and linked the environmental movement with nationalism and a romantic view of nature. The sustained popularity of his photographs illuminates a continuing public

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    Ansel Adams was a photographer and environmentalist born in San Francisco, California in 1902. He had a very solitary and lonely child, which helped develop his love for nature, as seen in a lot of his works. Adams also became known for his style and influence on/by other artists. But, because of his childhood and the way he grew up, Adams became the astounding artist known today. The style of Adams has become very well known today, as straightforward shots of nature and landscapes, but he wasn’t

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    Ansel Adams was born in 1902 in San Francisco, California. He is considered the most important landscape photographer of the twentieth century. His artwork has increased in popularity ever since his death. Adams devoted his work to the country’s untouched fragments of wilderness, such as national parks and other protected areas in the American west. Adams was also very involved in the conservation movement. In 1906, an aftershock from one of the largest earthquakes to ever hit San Francisco Ansel

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