Ansel Adams Documentary

 

1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born?  San Francisco on February 20, 1902
2. Was Ansel a good student? No
3. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite? 14 years old 
4. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.   2 days
5. Who gave him his first camera and what was it? His father gave him Kodak #1 Box Brownie.
6. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with? Members of the Sierra Club.
7. To what President did Adams take his photographs (book project) in order to persuade him to support King's Canyon as a national park? President Franklin Roosevelt.
8. What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century? Monolith, The Face of the Half Dome.
9. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last? He was close to 70 years old when his photo became famous and generated him millions of dollars. 
10. How was Adams honored after he died? Congress set a part of the land in southeast Yosemite and named it after Ansel Adams.