Black And White Photographers Part 2

Ansel Adams :

Full Name : Ansel Easton Adams

Occupation : Environmental Activist, Photographer

Birth Date : February 20, 1902

Death Date : April 22, 1984

Birth Place : San Francisco, California

Education : Harvard and Yale University

Ansel Adams had many books published. In 1938 he created a limited-edition book called Sierra Nevada. He became a photographer when his parents gave him a Kodak Box Brownie as a gift during a family vacation to Yosemite National Park in 1916. He is best remembered as a prominent black and white photographer. In 1921 his first photographs were published. He joined Sierra Club, where he started his career.