The photographer I had decided to choose was Ansel Easton Adams. He was an American photographer and environmentalist. He had a desire of producing black-and-white photographs. Most of his photographs were about landscapes. Most of the landscape photographs were taken at Yosemite National Park, which is located in Tuolumne, Mariposa & Madera, California, USA. He was different from other photographers, because he had a camera platform mounted on his station wagon, which would give him a better vantage point and angle for a better shot of the backgrounds.
The five pictures I had decided to choose are as you can see all black-and-white photographs. Ansel Adams was famously known in the western coast of the United States for his work of black-and-white photographs. The people loved his work. The photographs that he had taken were all, if not mostly, about landscapes. That was why I had chosen five photographs that were black-and-white and that were taken of landscape.
When you take a look at the black-and-white photographs, you don’t think about the colors. These photographs make you moody and relax. It makes the viewer focus on the subject, shadow and composition. Ansel Adams “had produced nearly 3,500 color images. Though he hallowed some of those pictures to be published in his lifetime, he never printed them himself or at least for the public (Lacayo, 2009).” Ansel Adams did not believe that color would produce better results compared with rich visuals to the fine-grained luxuriance of his work in black and white (Lacayo, 2009).
The pictures that are taken by Ansel Adams and the pictures provided here also have similarities of nature, a relaxing mind set when you think of it. Imagine yourself in one of the five photographs provided and close your eyes. You probably feel really relaxed and hear the sounds of water moving by and birds chirping and the cold air at night and maybe mist of water depending on the picture you’re looking at. Ansel Adams believed that black and white photographs were more superior in giving information to the viewer more descriptively.
Ansel Adam’s had an impact of other photographers who wanted to become like him or made them start believing that black-and-white dominance over color photographs. His photographs had made an impact on the West because he had taken many photographs at National Parks and then published them. He made the park more popular and people would visit the place for tourism. Then the National Park expanded, which made it bigger and bigger, and the popularity of the park kept increasing. This was all thanks to Ansel Adams. Ansel Adam had made a huge impact in the western coast and made photographers world-wide admire his great work and attempt to follow his footsteps to be a great black-and-white photographer.
Ansel Adam was not only known for his great work as a photographer, but he was a great speaker and was known for some memorable quotes. Some of those are still fond upon today.
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”
“When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my mind’s eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.”
I believe those quotes are true and are connected to his work of photography.
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