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    Ansel Adams was an American photographer born in 1902 in San Francisco who studied photography at Yale and Harvard. He is renowned for his black and white photographs capturing the natural beauty of the American West, especially landscapes in national parks like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Grand Teton. Some interesting facts about Adams include that he was born just before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, received awards like the Conservation Service award in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980, and helped establish Yosemite National Park as a member of the Sierra Club.

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    Ansel Adams was an American photographer born in 1902 in San Francisco who studied photography at Yale and Harvard. He is renowned for his black and white photographs capturing the natural beauty of the American West, especially landscapes in national parks like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Grand Teton. Some interesting facts about Adams include that he was born just before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, received awards like the Conservation Service award in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980, and helped establish Yosemite National Park as a member of the Sierra Club.

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    Ansel Adams was an American photographer born in 1902 in San Francisco who studied photography at Yale and Harvard. He is renowned for his black and white photographs capturing the natural beauty of the American West, especially landscapes in national parks like Yosemite, Sequoia, and Grand Teton. Some interesting facts about Adams include that he was born just before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, received awards like the Conservation Service award in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980, and helped establish Yosemite National Park as a member of the Sierra Club.

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    Photographer Biography

    Ashley Bush
    8th Period

    Ansel Adams
    Basic Information about Ansel Adams
    born in San Francisco and lived from 1902-1984
    Took pictures of nature
    studied in Yale and Harvard University
    5 interesting facts about Ansel Adams

    born four years before he great earthquake in 1906


    1968 he was awarded with the Conservation Service award
    1980 he also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Broke his nose when young
    part of the Sierra Club which started Yosemite National Park

    Ansel said,
    A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about
    what is being photographed.

    Frozen Lakes and Cliffs, Sequoia National Park,


    California, 1932

    Monolith, Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park,


    1927

    Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941


    Nevada Fall, Rainbow, Yosemite National Park,
    California, 1947

    The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National


    Park, Wyoming, 1942

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