Ansel Easton Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in the Western Addition of San Francisco, California. He was an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters and in books. With the help of Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. Ansel Adams education involved Private schools and being home schooled. He was a photographer and conservationist. Some of his famous works published were "Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California, 1932" and "Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, 1940." Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984, in Monterey, California at age 82.
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