Ansel Adams Biography

Ansel Adams biography

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NAME: Ansel Adams
OCCUPATION: Environmental Activist, Photographer
BIRTH DATE: February 20, 1902
DEATH DATE: April 22, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco, California
PLACE OF DEATH: Monterey, California
Full Name: Ansel Easton Adams
AKA: Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams was an American photographer best known for his iconic images of the American West, including Yosemite National Park.

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Later Life

By the 1960s, appreciation of photography as an art form had expanded to the point at which Adams’ images were shown in large galleries and museums. In 1974, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted a retrospective exhibit. Adams spent much of the 1970s printing negatives in order to satisfy demand for his iconic works. Adams had a heart attack and died on April 22, 1984, at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California, at the age of 82.