Ansel Adams Documentary

 Where and when was Ansel Adams born?

San Fransisco, Feb. 20 1902

 Was Ansel a good student?

No

How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite?

14 years old

How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.

2 Days

Who gave him his first camera and what was it?

Kodak 1 Box Brownie, His father.

Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with?

The Sierra Club

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

What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century?

Moonrise, Hernandez 

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?

Congress set aside an immense tract of wild land south east of Yosemite.