In 1916 Ansel was given a gift from his parents while on a family vacation in Yosemite National Park. This very special gift was a Kodak Box Brownie. IT allowed him for the first time ever to record the wondrous images that he already perceived in the natural beauty around him. In 1925 Ansel decides that he wants to be a pianist and buys a grand piano.

In 1929 Ansel Adams married Virginia Best and for the first two years

In 1979 Ansel went on to publish a book, Yosemite and the Range of Light and in 1980 The Ansel Adams Conservation Award was established by the Wilderness Club with Ansel himself named as the first recipient. In 1984 Ansel Adams died on April 22nd due to hear failure that was aggravated by cancer.

In March of 1933 Ansel Adams met renowned photographer and patron Alfred Stieglitz, husband of Georgia O'Keefe who was the owner of An American Place gallery and a powerful influence on artists of that time. Alfred was impressed with Ansel's work and mounted an exhibition for him in November of 1936.

Ansel also worked in the commercial field, taking pictures of everything from raisin bread to glassware to bathrobes for a Christmas catalog. It was not his favorite work, but it paid the rent and allowed him to continue his more artistic pursuits. Even his commercial work pro

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