Ansel Adams Response

 

  1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born?
-    'Far western edge of the continent', SF, 1902 
  1. Was Ansel a good student?
- No, he had difficulty remaining seated at a desk and switched schools often. Dropped out of public school at 12. 
  1. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite?
- 14 years old
  1. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.
- 2 days 
  1. Who gave him his first camera and what was it?
- Kodak #1 box brownie, his dad
  1. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with?
- The Sierra Club 
  1. To what President did Adams take his photographs (book project) in order to persuade him to support King's Canyon as a national park?
- FDR
  1. What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century?
- Moonrise Hernandez 
  1. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last?
- 70
  1. How was Adams honored after he died? 
- Honored with a retrospective exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York,  featured on the cover of Time Magazine, awarded with Presidental Medal of Freedom

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