Photography Case Study 3 - Student Choice - Ansel Adams

Photography Case Study 3 - Student Choice - Ansel Adams  



Ansel Adams born February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984 an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and in books.

With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his

 photographs. Adams primarily used large-format cameras because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images.

Adams founded the Group f/64 along with fellow photographers Willard Van Dyke and Edward Weston.

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Ansel Adam's style was very influential. He was one of the first photographers to start to photograph nature and landscapes all over the world with black and white portable cameras.  

This photo was taken in a underwater cave in New Mexico and was one of the earliest photos by Ansel. 

The photo is presented at a medium distance to try and fit as much of the content and landscape into the frame as possible to try and immerse the viewer. 

This photo is one of the best examples. 

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This picture was one of the first famous pictures in his era. 

An erupting glacier at Yellowstone National Park , Wyoming USA.  

Ansel always wanted to get distance and tried as much as possible to catch nature at its work and using the grid rule of 3rds he happened to capture an eruption of a glazier.

The photo is perfectly framed and moved to the left to see the glaciers explosion and the effects it had on its surroundings, the distance it was taken at frames all of the explosion to give a vertical show of how massive and brutal the explosion was.

This photo is one of Ansel's first narrative photography pieces. 

The shot is framed so the tree to the left takes the attention of the palette and extend to cover the rock and shield it from the sun. 

The Photo was taken at a Wyoming National Park , USA.  

Even though no color is present the image still has its effect on the viewer by using the rule of 3rds and the way its framed to tell a story happening in nature. 







http://www.archives.gov/research/ansel-adams/ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams