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Ansel Adams Video Discussion Sheet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQQoxA7FAOU

1. What gift did his father give him?

2.What part of the US did Ansel explore with his photography?

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3.What is pictorialism? How did this affect Adam’s work?

4. What happened in 1923 to change photography?

5.Why do you think Ansel was attracted to dead trees over living ones?

6.Can you have abstraction in photography?  What was Ansel Adams philosophy on this?

7.   What would be the benefits of using an 8x10 large format camera?

8. What did Ansel have to say about the edges of a photograph?

9. What is Peter Essick’s first style of photography?

10. How did he use his landscape photography for his current job as a photographer?

11. Where did Ansel Adams believe the best photos were taken?