“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” That is a famous quote by Ansel Adams the grandfather of landscape photography. I chose to research him and his work because of his ability to inspire me and countless others. I was originally introduced to him by my father and have since yearned to learn more. He has inspired many of the photographers today and his black and white photos of the west are still a benchmark for landscape photography. My goal in this paper is to show how Ansel Adams not only changed photography. but the world. My paper is organized into three sections, starting with Ansel Adams background, then how he has impacted photography, and closing with his impact on the world.
Growing up in San Francisco, Ansel Adams was a …show more content…
While Adams was teaching at the Art Center school in Los Angeles, he developed a groundbreaking advancement in photography called the zone metering system (Barr). This system allowed photographers to control the amount of grayscale tones in their negatives and ultimately have much greater creative control by using a light meter (Barr). Adams taught his new method of metering to his students and it is still used today. Adams also helped perfect and test. Edwin Land’s polaroid camera (Barr). Ansel Adams was also a student of the darkroom. The way he could manipulate and transform his images to his liking was very new at the time and caused other photographers to push their own abilities and ultimately advanced darkroom technology. These advancements paved the way for future generations and even Adams knew what was capable, he says “I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.” Ansel Adams pushed photography to the limits of the medium and as a result caused many other photographers and artists to strive in the same …show more content…
That love caused him to eventually get a small job as a lodge keeper in the park where he eventually joined the sierra club in 1919, a conservation group (Turnage). Adams realized that he could make a living as a photographer and continued to photograph the sierra and yosemite. By 1934, Adams was elected to the Sierra Club's board of directors and was being to establish a name for himself (Turnage). Adams realized the impact that his photographs could have on conservation. If people were able to understand the beauty of a place, there is a big chance they will be more willing to protect it. One of Adams’ more famous quotes is “We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.” Ansel Adams poured everything into his photos and they were able to move people. In 1936, Adams, on behalf of the Sierra Club, traveled to washington with a portfolio of images to the headquarters of the National Park Service and set out to show and tell them why Kings Canyon should be a national park. (Turnage) The portfolio eventually met President Roosevelt and within 4 years the park was a reality. His images not only inspired others to experience the outdoors but inspired others to protect the outdoors. As Yosemite became increasingly popular, Ansel protested the
Growing up in San Francisco, Ansel Adams was a …show more content…
While Adams was teaching at the Art Center school in Los Angeles, he developed a groundbreaking advancement in photography called the zone metering system (Barr). This system allowed photographers to control the amount of grayscale tones in their negatives and ultimately have much greater creative control by using a light meter (Barr). Adams taught his new method of metering to his students and it is still used today. Adams also helped perfect and test. Edwin Land’s polaroid camera (Barr). Ansel Adams was also a student of the darkroom. The way he could manipulate and transform his images to his liking was very new at the time and caused other photographers to push their own abilities and ultimately advanced darkroom technology. These advancements paved the way for future generations and even Adams knew what was capable, he says “I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.” Ansel Adams pushed photography to the limits of the medium and as a result caused many other photographers and artists to strive in the same …show more content…
That love caused him to eventually get a small job as a lodge keeper in the park where he eventually joined the sierra club in 1919, a conservation group (Turnage). Adams realized that he could make a living as a photographer and continued to photograph the sierra and yosemite. By 1934, Adams was elected to the Sierra Club's board of directors and was being to establish a name for himself (Turnage). Adams realized the impact that his photographs could have on conservation. If people were able to understand the beauty of a place, there is a big chance they will be more willing to protect it. One of Adams’ more famous quotes is “We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.” Ansel Adams poured everything into his photos and they were able to move people. In 1936, Adams, on behalf of the Sierra Club, traveled to washington with a portfolio of images to the headquarters of the National Park Service and set out to show and tell them why Kings Canyon should be a national park. (Turnage) The portfolio eventually met President Roosevelt and within 4 years the park was a reality. His images not only inspired others to experience the outdoors but inspired others to protect the outdoors. As Yosemite became increasingly popular, Ansel protested the