Brief intro to the history of Ansel Adams & landscape photography

1. Ansel Adams
& Landscape
Photography

2. Brought to you by:

3. The
“Godfather”
of
Landscape
Photography

4. • Born
Feb
1902
• American
photographer
and
environmentalist
• Originally
studied
music
• First
first
visited
Yosemite
NaGonal
Park
in
1916
with
his
family,
father
gave
him
his
first
camera
at
the
Gme
• Following
year,
returned
to
Yosemite
with
a
beLer
camera
and
tripod
• Age
17
joined
Sierra
Club
{group
dedicated
to
protecGng
wild
placed
on
earth}
eventually
served
as
a
director.
• Opened
his
own
art
and
photo
gallery
in
San.
Fran
1933
• One
of
the
founders
of
the
magazine
Aperture

5. • Ansel
Adams
is
one
of
the
most
respected
names
in
photography.
• Produced
hundreds
of
images
that
became
familiar
across
the
world,
as
tributes
to
the
epic
landscapes
of
North
America.
• Most
well
known
for
his
innovaGve
and
brilliant
black-­‐
and-­‐white
photos
in
landscape
photography.
• Adams
Style:
sharp,
clear
depicGons,
not
blurry
abstracGons
in
imitaGon
of
painGngs.

6. • The
contribuGons
of
Ansel
Adams
to
the
world
of
photography
go
beyond
preLy
pictures
of
landscapes
and
natural
forms.
• Developed
“Zone
System”.
• The
Zone
System
is
a
way
to
manipulate
the
tonality
of
the
images
and
capture
the
stark
and
vivid
contrasts
in
nature
that
could
never
by
recorded
by
the
camera’s
limited
capabiliGes
• Ansel’s
technique,
bought
out
detail.
• His
wriLen
technical
photography
manuals
are
sGll
regarded
as
influenGal
and
relevant
in
the
modern
era.

7. The
Tetons
and
snake
river
1942,
Ansel
Adams

8. Evening,
McDonald
Lake,
Glacier
Na>onal
Park
-­‐
Ansel
Adams

9. The
Tetons
and
the
Snake
River
(1942)
–
Ansel
Adams

10. Winter
Sunrise,
from
Lone
Pine
–
Ansel
Adams

11. Many
present
day
PHOTOGRAPHERS
are
inspired
by
the
work
of
ANSEL
ADAMS

12. Photograph
by
Peter
Essick

13. Photograph
by
Peter
Essick

14. Photograph
by
Peter
Essick

15. Photograph
by
Peter
Essick

16. Photograph
by
Peter
Essick

17. Photographs
by
Peter
Essick

18. You
don’t
take
a
Photograph,
you
make
it.
-Ansel Adams
[Discuss]

19. Part 1:
If
you
could
make
a
Photograph
of
your
surrounding
environment
in
a
posiGve
light
what
would
your
landscape
look
like?
[Discuss]

20. It
is
horrifying
that
we
have
to
fight
our
own
government
to
save,
the
environment.
-Ansel Adams
[Discuss]

21. Part 2:
If
you
could
make
a
Photograph
of
your
surrounding
environment
in
a
negaGve
light
what
would
your
landscape
look
like?
[Discuss]

22. • “Make”
14
landscape
exposures.
• 7
of
the
well
composed
images
should
aim
to
capturing
the
BeauGful
landscape
of
our
town
or
the
surrounding
area.
• 7
of
the
well
composed
images
should
make
a
statement
about
the
transformaGon
of
the
landscape.

23. Shooting assignment:
Photograph
a
Photograph
of
your
surrounding
environment
in
a
negaGve
light
what
would
your
landscape
look
like?
[Discuss]