AKA Ansel Easton Adams

Born: 20-Feb-1902
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA [1]
Died: 22-Apr-1984
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Photographer
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Yosemite photographer

    Professor: San Francisco Art Institute

    Sierra Club
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1966
    Presidential Medal of Freedom 1980
    Guggenheim Fellowship (three times)
    Kentucky Colonel
    Esalen Speaker
    Heart Bypass Operation triple (14-Feb-1979)
    Open Heart Surgery valve replacement (14-Feb-1979)
    Risk Factors: Gout, Depression

Author of books:
Ansel Adams: Classic Images (1986, photography)
Our National Parks (1992, photography)
Ansel Adams: In Color (1993, photography)
Photographs of the Southwest (1994, photography)
Yosemite (1995, photography)
The National Park Photographs (1995, photography)
The Camera (1995, photography)
The Negative (1995, photography)
The Print (1995, photography)
America's Wilderness (1997, photography)
California (1997, photography)

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