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Ansel Adams

1902 - 1984

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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing. Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ansel Adams is the 79th most popular photographer (down from 61st in 2019), the 5,652nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,166th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Photographer.

Ansel Adams is most famous for his black and white photographs of the American West.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Ansel Adams ranks 79 out of 148. Before him are Karimeh Abbud, Marc Riboud, Werner Bischof, William P. Gottlieb, Lennart Nilsson, and Berry Berenson. After him are Abbas, Heinrich Zille, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Boris Mikhailov, Willy Puchner, and Albert Renger-Patzsch.

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Among people born in 1902, Ansel Adams ranks 194. Before him are George Kingsley Zipf, Jan Kiepura, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Ida Siekmann, and Veniamin Kaverin. After him are Lon L. Fuller, Max Abegglen, Yakov Smushkevich, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Albert Namatjira, and Dulce María Loynaz. Among people deceased in 1984, Ansel Adams ranks 144. Before him are Henri Fabre, Ethel Merman, Giuseppe Tucci, Campanal I, Toivo Loukola, and Grete Hermann. After him are Wolfgang Staudte, Ólafur Jóhannesson, Hovhannes Shiraz, Fulvio Bernardini, Alexander Moyzes, and Roberto Porta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ansel Adams ranks 5,652 out of 20,380. Before him are Charlie Scott (1948), Margaret Geller (1947), George Calnan (1900), Timothy Treadwell (1957), Tammy Wynette (1942), and Tera Patrick (1976). After him are Paul Rand (1914), Lee Wallard (1910), Kenny Ortega (1950), James M. Gavin (1907), Kelly Hu (1968), and Kenneth Noland (1924).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Ansel Adams ranks 22. Before him are Wilson Bentley (1865), Herb Ritts (1952), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Imogen Cunningham (1883), William P. Gottlieb (1917), and Berry Berenson (1948). After him are Helen Levitt (1913), Spencer Tunick (1967), Francesca Woodman (1958), William Eggleston (1939), Bob Guccione (1930), and David Douglas Duncan (1916).

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