Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco to Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray Adams. They were both members of the upperclass. He died on April 22, 1984 in Monterey. He was known for black and white photographs of Yosemite Valley. Thankfully to his photographic memory, Adams received a Doctor of Arts at both Harvard and Yale Universities. His dad gave him his first camera, which was a Kodak Brownie box during his first trip to Yosemite National Park when he was 14. Though his first job was a custodian, it helped him with his photography greatly. His photos were used for environmental purposes and to protect the environment from destructive projects. In 1927, Ansel Adams started work on his first portfolio, "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras". With generous sponsorship from a Albert Bender, his portfolio was successful.  In 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger conducted Adams in the California Hall of Fame. 

In these few pictures, we realize that Adams uses the sue of line very well. They all stood out to me because you can distinctly see where the lines are. In the first picture, the line is in the middle, making it look like the road goes up to the sky. The second line is in the path of the river going back to the mountains. And lastly, the freeways all make lines themselves. Though they are all very different, line imagery is still there.