Ansel Adams

 

1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born? San Francisco, California, February 20, 1902
2. Was Ansel a good student? No
3. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite? 14
4. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours. 2 days
5. Who gave him his first camera and what was it? His Father, it was a Kodak number 1 box brownie camera
6. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with? The Sierra club
7. To what President did Adams take his photographs (book project) in order to persuade him to support King's Canyon as a national park? Franklin D. Roosevelt
8. What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century?  Moon rise Hernandez 
9. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last? 70
10. How was Adams honored after he died? A section of the Sierra mountains was renamed the Ansel Adams Wilderness