Adam Ansel was born in February 20, 1902 and died on April 22, 1984 when world war to came he was to old to fight but he’s known for his amazing photos and for his invention of the zone system. There are 11 zones in Ansel Adams’ system were defined to represent the gradation of all the different tonal values you would see in a black and white print, with zone 5 being middle grey zone 0 being pure black and zone 10 being pure white.

He also received awards for his work such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the John Muir award, Guggenheim fellowship for creative arts, Sierra Club John Muir Award, and the Hasselblad award.

Group f/64 On November 15, 1932, at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, eleven photographers announced themselves as Group f/64: Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, John Paul Edwards, Preston Holder, Consuelo Kanaga, Alma Lavenson, Sonya Noskowiak, Henry Swift, Willard Van Dyke, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston

Analysis of key image – Monolith, the face of Half Dome, 1927

Ansel Adams set out on April 10th 1927 set out along Yosemite’s LeConte Gully to get a photo of the striking sheer face of Half Dome, one of Yosemite National Park’s most iconic natural features when Ansel Adams was 14 explored this area so he knew where he was going when went on this trip with his future wife and 3 other friends. he took this photo on what they call the diving board and he used a red filter to get the black sky even thought it was taken in the day.