photographer facts

• ANSEL ADAMS
• american photographer
• known for black and white photos of yosemite
• other of many books about photography
• invented the zone system.technique which allows photographers to translate the light we see into specific densities on negatives and paper
• pioneered idea of visualization
•  born in San Francisco, California
• has crooked nose from accident when he was little
• aunt made him interested in photography
• he disliked the uniformity of education and left school to educate himself
• met his wife virgina best in yosemite
• at age 17 he joined the sierra club
• the sierra club was a group dedicated to preserving the natural worlds wonders and resources
• remain
  
  ed a member for life and became a director