Ansel Adams
- Where and when was Ansel Adams born?
- San Francisco
- Feb, 29 1902
- Was Ansel a good student?
- He was not and failed many of his classes
- How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite?
- He was 14 years old when he first experienced it
- How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours.
- A couple days
- Who gave him his first camera and what was it?
- His father gave him the Kodak #1 Box Brownie
- Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with?
- He hiked with the Sierra Club
- 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
- What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century?
- Monolith, the Face of Half Dome
- He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last?
- (did'nt catch it) middle aged
- How was Adams honored after he died?
- In his honor, a section of the Sierra Nevada mountains that he loved so much was renamed the Ansel Adams Wilderness
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