1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born?
February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California.
2. Was Ansel a good student?
No
3. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite?
He was 14 years old.
4. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.
It took 2 days
5. Who gave him his first camera and what was it?
Ansel's father gave him his first camera. It was the Kodak #1 Box Brownie.
6. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with?
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 D. Roosevelt.
8. What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century?
Moonrise, Hernandez
9. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last?
He was nearing 70 years old.
10. How was Adams honored after he died?
Six months after his death, land southeast of Yosemite was named Ansel Adams Wilderness. A year after his death, a windswept peak in the heart of the High Sierra was officially named Mount Ansel Adams.
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