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Ansel Adams Biography

By davey16
  • Ansel Adams Was Born

    Ansel Adams Was Born
  • He Joined the Sierra Group

    He Joined the Sierra Group
    He spent the first of four summers in Yosemite Valley, as "keeper" of the club's LeConte Memorial Lodge.
  • He moves away from the "pictoral" style

    He moves away from the "pictoral" style
    Paul Strand, whose images had a powerful impact on Adams and helped to move him away from the "pictorial" style he had favored.
  • Published Photographs

    Published Photographs
    The Sierra Club was vital to Adams's early success as a photographer. His first published photographs and writings appeared in the club's 1922 Bulletin.
  • Pivotal Year for Ansel

  • Ansel Adams meets Edward Weston

    In 1927 Adams met photographer Edward Weston.
  • One Man Exhibition

    One Man Exhibition
    He had his first one man exhibition in 1928 at the club's San Francisco headquarters.
  • Ansel Adams' star rises

    Adams's star rose rapidly in the early 1930s.
  • Period: to

    Spends time in New York

    Adams spent a considerable amount of time in New York during the 1930s and 1940s
  • Delphic Gallery gives Ansel his first New York show

    In 1933 the Delphic Gallery gave Adams his first New York show
  • Visits New York for the first time

    He made his first visit to New York in 1933.
  • First series of technical articles are published in Camera Craft

    His first series of technical articles was published in Camera Craft in 1934.
  • First book is published

    His first widely distributed book, Making a Photograph, appeared in 1935
  • One-Man Show

    1936 Stieglitz gave Adams a one-man show at An American Place.
  • Ansel Adams Dies

    Ansel Adams Dies