Ansel Adams Documentary
- Where and when was Ansel Adams born? San Francisco 1902, February 20
- Was Ansel a good student? no
- How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite? 14
- How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours. It could take around a couple days
- Who gave him his first camera and what was it? His father, it was a Kodak #1 Box Brownie
- Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with? Sierra Club
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what President did Adams take his photographs (book project) in order
to persuade him to support King's Canyon as a national park? FDR
- What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century? Monolith, The Face of Half Dome
- He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last? 70
- How was Adams honored after he died? section of the Sierra Mountains renamed for him
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