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Ansel Adams Black And White Photography

Rose And Driftwood- Ansel Adams

     Ansel Adams was a photographyer and environmentalist. He was born in Feburary of 1902 as an only child living in SanFransico, California. Growing up, Adams was exeptionaly smart, (although he may have suffered from dislexia), but was also very shy and often had a hard time fitting in at school. He was never able to succeed at the many other schools he attended, and time to time was even toutored at home. "Ultimately, he managed to earn what he termed a 'legitimizing diploma' from the Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins Private School — perhaps equivalent to having completed the eighth grade." (William A. Turnage) When Adams was twelve, he began to teach himself to play piano and read music. The next twelve years of his life were dedicatd to music, as it became his intended proffesion. "Although he ultimately gave up music for photography, the piano brought substance, discipline, and structure to his frustrating and erratic youth." (William A. Turnage)
     The year 1927 was the most important of Ansel Adams's life, as it was the year he made his first visualized photography: Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. By 1943, Adams published his first book, Camera Craft and in 1935 came another book, Making a Photogrpahy. Not long after he served as a Photographical consultant to Polaroid and Hasselbald. Adams was a busy man. "He endlessly traveled the country in pursuit of both the natural beauty he revered and photographed and the audiences he required" (William A. Turnage)

     I chose the picture by Ansel Adams above becuase I love how he was able to capture the simple beauty of the rose. Even though it isnt in color, you can still get the full effect because of the dramatic contrasts between the rose and the diftwood. It is a beautiful photograph.