Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams: An American Icon Ansel Adams was a monumental photographer who set a precedent for those who followed him years after. I. During the 1920s a type of soft- focus style was extremely popular. A. Adam’s earlier photographs portrayed this style, as at this time he was just getting started on his photography career. B. Photos that Adams produced in the 1920s would only cost his fans a small fee of only one …

…through his camera. The public did not respond how ever in the way that he thought they would, they refused to buy the pictures. IV. Ansel Adams provided stepping stones for many generations behind him which in my opinion were essential to many photographers today. A. Adams went through life with a camera and captured nature’s beauty. He himself absorbed so much of that beauty in becoming a great leader, and a monumental photographer.