ansel adams

     

in 1980, Jimmy Carter awarded this landscape photographer the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Trivia about ansel adams

  • His collections include "My Camera in Yosemite Valley" & "Portfolio Two: The National Parks"
  • This photographer was a director of the Sierra Club from 1936 to 1970
  • Before I was "that Yosemite photographer", I was a virtuoso pianist
  • This 20th century wilderness photographer had an earlier career as a professional musician
  • Beginning in the mid-1930s, this wilderness photographer served as a director of the Sierra Club
  • This photographer's "My Camera in the National Parks" was released in 1950
  • Seen here is a work by this man noted for his dramatic depictions of American landscapes
  • Known for his landscapes of the American west, he founded the Dept. of Photography at NYC's Museum of Modern Art
  • One of his classic Western photographs is seen here:
  • This Californian's books include "My Camera in the National Parks" & "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras"
  • His collections include "My Camera in Yosemite Valley" & "Portfolio Two: The National Parks"
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew wearing goggles and parka stands before majestic mountains in the Sierra National Forest.) The forested area behind me is named for this nature photographer and conservationist
  • His collections include "My Camera in Yosemite Valley" & "Portfolio II: The National Parks & Monuments"
  • Minor White succeeded this man as director of photography at the California School of Fine Arts in 1947
  • He first took an interest in photography during a family trip to Yosemite in 1916