Ansel Adams Doc

 

1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born: 1902 in san francisco.
2. Was Ansel a good student: no he was not
3. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite: 14 years old
4. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco: 2 days
5. Who gave him his first camera and what was it: his dad gave him a Kodak #1 Box Brownie.
6. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with: he 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: Monolith, the Face of Half Dome.
9. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last: he was around 70
10. How was Adams honored after he died: a section of the sierra nevada mountains he really liked was renamed ansel adams wilderness.