ANSEL ADAMS

Birth

Feb 20, 1902

Ansel Adams is born on February 20, 1902
in San Francisco, Ca.

Ansel Adams

Period: Feb 20, 1902 to Apr 22, 1984

San Francisco Eathquake and Fire

Apr 18, 1906

Earthquake hits San Francisco causing an uncontrollable fire that lasts 3 days. Ansel Adams gets a broken nose during an aftershock. He was 4 years old.

Banker's Panic

Oct 1, 1907

Ansel Adam's father looses the Family Fortune in the Banker's Panic.

Ansel Removed from school

Dec 13, 1914

Ansel Adams' parents take him out of school and have him tutored at home.

Ansel Takes his first picture at Yosemite Park

Dec 24, 1916

While on vacation in Yosemite National Park Ansel Adams takes pictures with his first camera, a Kodak Box Brownie camera.

First pictures published

Jan 1, 1922

Ansel Admam' first photographs are published in the Sierra Club Bulletin.

Ansel Adams gets married

Jan 2, 1928

Ansel Adams marries Virginia Best at Yosemite National Park.

First One Man Show

Jan 3, 1932

In 1932 Ansel Adams has his first solo show. It was held at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.

First child born

Jan 1, 1933

Ansel Adams had his first child, Michael. A daughter, Anne, was born about 2 years later.

Moonrise, Hernandez,New Mexico is made

Oct 31, 1941

Ansel makes one of his best known photos called :'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.

Guggenheim Fellowship

Jul 6, 1946

The Guggenheim Museum awards Ansel Adams with a fellowship

"Aperture" is founded

Sep 14, 1952

With the help of several other people Ansel Adams co- founds "Aperture" a photography magazine.

Adams is elected director of The Sierra Club

Mar 12, 1969

Presidential Medal Freedom

Jun 9, 1980

President Jimmy Carter presents Ansel Adams with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Ansel Adams' Death

Apr 22, 1984

On April 22, 1984 Ansel Adams dies in Carmel, California, at the age of 82.