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    Ansel Adams was a 20th century American photographer known for his iconic black and white landscapes of Yosemite National Park. He helped found the influential f/64 group and photography department at the Museum of Modern Art. Adams developed the "zone system" for determining optimal film and print exposure and was a pioneering environmentalist who advocated to preserve national parks through his photographs and letters to Congress.

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    Ansel Adams was a 20th century American photographer known for his iconic black and white landscapes of Yosemite National Park. He helped found the influential f/64 group and photography department at the Museum of Modern Art. Adams developed the "zone system" for determining optimal film and print exposure and was a pioneering environmentalist who advocated to preserve national parks through his photographs and letters to Congress.

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    American

    Photographer
    -
    ■

    Yosemite National Park


    ■
    zone system
    ● large-format view
    cameras

    resolution
    ● Group f/64
    Edward Weston
    Imogen Cunningham
    Museum of Modern
    Art
    ■
    Famous Images
    Moon & Half Dome
    Moonrise Over Hernandez, New Mexico
    Mt. Whitney & Shadows
    Yosemite-Half Dome
    Tetons & The Snake River
    Storm Clearing Yosemite Valley
    In His Own Words
    ■ “There are no rules for
    good photographs, there
    are only good
    photographs.”
    - Ansel Adams

    ■ “You don't take a


    photograph, you make it.”
    - Ansel Adams
    Ansel Adams: Key Facts
    ■ 20th century American nature photographer,
    ■ Leading environmentalist-wrote hundreds of
    letter to Congress to preserve Parks.
    ■ Founded the f/64 group and photo department of
    MoMA.
    ■ Most famous for images of Yosemite National
    Park.
    ■ Manipulated his images in the dark room.
    ■ Developed “Zone System” of photography.
    ■ He was an accomplished pianist.

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