Picture This: Photography Podcast Ep. 5 – Ansel Adams

For those listening to the audio podcast, here are the photo examples from the YouTube video version of the show:

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A young Ansel Adams

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Original Kodak Brownie camera

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Mirror Lake Morning (Ansel Adams, 1928)

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Portrait of Half Dome (Ansel Adams, 1955)

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Best’s Studio, owned by Harry Best, where Ansel first sold several of his prints – effectively launching his photography career

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A unique photography method Ansel would utilize while capturing Yosemite

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Alfred Stieglitz, at An American Place (Ansel Adams, 1938)

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Abode of Snow (Ansel Adams, 1925)

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Marion Lake, Southern Sierra (Ansel Adams, 1927)

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Half Dome from Glacier Point (Ansel Adams, 1947)

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Monolith the Face of Half Dome (Ansel Adams, 1927). In the left photo, Adam’s use of a red filter blocked a significant part of the light spectrum, which in turn increased the contrast

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An example of a photo taken when Adams joined “Group f/64

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Ansel’s wedding, when he married 19 year-old Virgina Best

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Ansel and Virgina later co-owned Best’s Studio, relabeling it, “The Ansel Adams Gallery

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Example of an Ansel Adams’ collectible, in which his work was portrayed on various items, such as coffee tins