Artist Bio: Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams

As a class students watched and took notes on a documentary about the Iconic American photographer, Ansel Adams. This is the precursor to a series of projects related to Ansel Adams photography.

Ansel Adams, Photographer, Conservationist

“At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been a visionary in his efforts to preserve this country’s wild and scenic areas, both on film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature’s monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.”

President James E. Carter

Presenting Ansel Adams with the

Presidential Medal of Freedom