![]() ![]() He also wrote technical manuals for photographers and established the first college department of photography at the California School of Fine Art. In addition to photographing nature he worked hard for the preservation of nature and was on the board of the Sierra Club. A visit to Yosemite Valley when he was a boy inspired his greatest work - landscape photographs of the American West. The f/64 photographers believed that maximum depth of field, glossy paper and sharp focus emphasized the "actualities and limitations of the photographic medium."Īnsel Adams was born in San Francisco. The name is based on the fact that f/64 is the smallest lens aperture of a large-format camera and gives the greatest depth-of-field. In 1930 he founded the group f/64 with Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston and other photographers. ![]() Imagine removing that cloud - how does it change the picture?Īnsel Adams was interested in making photographs that "looked like photographs," rather than other art forms. Yet a dark cloud over the mountains adds drama. While Stieglitz uses natural elements such as mist and shadows to create a mysterious mood, Adams' picture shows nature in full sunlight. It is interesting to compare this picture to Icy Night by Alfred Stieglitz. The image seems to go on to infinity, absolutely sharp and clear. ![]() Tetons and the Snake River is one of Ansel Adams' great western landscape photographs. ![]()
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