Ansel Adams was born on the 20th or February, 1902 in San Fransisco, California. He is one of the most important portrait photographers in the 20th century, creating iconic black and white photographs that established photography as a fine art. Adams particularly photographed famous people such as Pablo Picasso and Marilyn Monroe.
Lots of his work focused on photography of people in their natural or working environment, where the subject feels and looks most comfortable. ” There are many things that are very false about photography when it is accepted without question,”