Name of artist : Ansel Easton Adams
Dates of artists' life : February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984
1. Personal background:
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2. Style:
Ansel Adams style was based on visualization of the final image prior to exposure and through the development process and printing process to achieve that visualization. Is images are rich in tonal quality from rich deep blacks,to creamy midtones, to bright whites that maintain detail. Many of his prints are also selenium toned, this process deepened the blacks altered the overall print to provide a warmer image.
3. Philosophy
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. At first the colossal aspect may dominate; then we perceive and respond to the delicate and persuasive complex of nature. — Ansel Adams, The Portfolios Of Ansel Adams. That's the sentence which spoke by him and told to people the main idea in his works.
4. Influences
A unique exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California examines the work of Ansel Adams, one of the great photographers of the 20th century, in the context of the world of photographers around him and those he influenced. Ansel Adams: Inspiration and Influence, adds a perspective to the exhibitions celebrating the centennial anniversary of Adams' birth by placing his work in the context of the photographers who influenced him, the photographers who were his contemporaries, and his many students. The exhibition opens June 29 and runs through September 22, 2002. When I search the photographers on the Internet I know this person and his style like the pictures' visions influenced me a lot.
5. Sources
Lonely Vigil
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An adobe wall in the foreground
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Yosemite National Park
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6. compare and contrast
1. The first that I will compare one of my image which took at Skyline called morning Skyline with the picture Lonely Vigil.
Morning Skyline |
Lonely Vigil |