Ansel Adams Documentary

 

1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born?
   San Francisco CA
   

1. Was Ansel a good student?                                                                                                    Ansel was  not a good student                                                                                                
   
2. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite?                                             Ansel was 14
   
3. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.    It took 2 days
   
4. Who gave him his first camera and what was it?                                                                        Ansels first camera was a Kodak #1 Box Brownie and his father gave it to him
   
5. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with?                                                                       The Sierra Club
   
6. 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
   
7. What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century? The Moonrise
   
8. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last?   He was nearing 70