![]() He moved to Yosemite Valley in 1937 and lived there until 1962, teaching annual photography workshops from 1955 through 1984 in 1962, he moved to Carmel, California, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1933, Adams met Alfred Stieglitz, who gave him a solo exhibition at his gallery An American Place in 1936 after this meeting, Adams opened his own gallery in San Francisco. ![]() His deep respect for the grandeur of landscape motivated a lifelong involvement in conservation, which he advocated through photographic books and active membership in the Sierra Club. Adams developed this purist approach into the zone system, a controlled method of determining exposure and development. In 1932, with Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, and others, Adams founded the group f/64, which promoted use of large-format view cameras, small lens apertures, and contact printing. Adams was born in San Francisco, and trained as a musician his interest in photography was catalyzed when he met Paul Strand in 1930. His visionary belief in the redemptive beauty of wilderness was expressed in grand images that have popularized art photography among the American public. ![]() ![]() The influence of Ansel Adams on photography is immeasurable, and his long career as photographer, teacher, conservationist, and writer is legendary. ![]()
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