Ansel Adams Documentary

  1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born?-Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco during the winter of 1902.
  2. Was Ansel a good student?-Ansel was not a good student, as he couldn't sit still and enrolled in many different schools. 
  3. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite?-Ansel Adams first experienced Yosemite on June 1, 1916, when he was only 14 years old.
  4. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.-It took 2 days to get from Yosemite to San Francisco .
  5. Who gave him his first camera and what was it?-Ansel's father gifted Ansel Adams a Kodak Box Brownie.
  6. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with?-Adams often hiked 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?-His most famous picture was that of the Half Dome in Yosemite.
  9. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last?-He was nearing 70 years old.
  10. How was Adams honored after he died? -He was honored with a retrospective exhibit, the presidential medal of freedom, and was put on the cover of time magazine. Congress also named a mountain and land after Ansel Adams.

 

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