Ansel Easton AdamsFebruary 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984
Born in San Fransisco, California, US
Died in Monterrey, California, US
He went to several private school until he turned 12, and his father home schooled him along with his Aunt Mary. He spent everyday studying the exhibits and later on continued his study at Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins Private School. He taught himself how to play piano but gave it up for photography.
Photographic books he published:
- Sierra Nevada the John Muir Trail, 1938 (reprinted 2006 as ISBN 0-8212-5717-X).
- Born Free and Equal, 1944. ISBN 1-893343-05-7.
- Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, text from writings of John Muir, 1948.
- The Land of Little Rain, text by Mary Austin, 1950.
- This is the American Earth, with Nancy Newhall, 1960 (Sierra Club Books. (reprinted by Bulfinch, ISBN 0-8212-2182-5)
- These We Inherit: The Parklands of America, with Nancy Newhall, 1962.
- The Eloquent Light (unfinished biography of Adams by Nancy Newhall), 1963.
- "Yosemite Valley" 1967 (45 plates in B&W edited by Nancy Newhall, published by 5 Associates, Redwood City, California.
- Ansel Adams, 1972. ISBN 0-8212-0721-0.
- Polaroid Land Photography, 1978. ISBN 0-8212-0729-6.
- Ansel Adams: Classic Images, 1986. ISBN 0-8212-1629-5.
- Our Current National Parks, 1992.
- Ansel Adams: In Color, 1993. ISBN 0-8212-1980-4.
- Photographs of the Southwest, 1994. ISBN 0-8212-0699-0.
- The National Park Photographs, 1995. ISBN 0-89660-056-4.
- Yosemite, 1995. ISBN 0-8212-2196-5.
- California, 1997. ISBN 0-8212-2369-0.
- America's Wilderness, 1997. ISBN 1-56138-744-4.
- Ansel Adams at 100, 2001. ISBN 0-8212-2515-4.
- Born Free and Equal, 2002. ISBN 1-893343-05-7.
- Ansel Adams: The National Park Service Photographs, 2005. ISBN 978-0-89660-056-0.
- Ansel Adams: The Spirit of Wild Places, 2005. ISBN 1-59764-069-7.
- Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs, 2007. ISBN 978-0-316-11772-2.
Early Morning, Merced River, Yosemite, National Park, California
Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite Valley 1948
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