Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California on February 20, 1902. He was the only son of Charles and Olive Adams. He trained as a classical pianist, then became interested in photography and forgot about the piano. He became America's most talented and beloved nature and landscape photographer. Ansel started school but was a poor student and did not like going to school in 1908. His father took him out of school and tutored him in 1915. His father bought his son a one-year pass to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This exhibition featured exhibits on painters, science, machines and photography. “It was also the first time he experienced photography as an art form in three prints exhibited by the photographer Edward Weston, with whom he later collaborated on the f/64 group project and became a good friend” (Basil Canon 1).Ansel then became interested in music, his favorite was the piano. Ansel began to teach himself to play. He started loving music so much because it was very serious for him. After the father began to recognize his son's talent, he began looking for a tutor. When he found one, he hired Marie Butler, for his son. Marie taught Ansel for three years. As Ansel became good at the piano, he began to think about becoming a pianist and playing in a concert. Yosemite was Ansel's first trip with his family in 1916. During this trip he became interested in photography. He took his first photo with the smallest camera called Kodak Camera, which was his first camera. As Ansel began to progress as a photographer, his life began to become interesting with the love of nature that surrounded him. With Ansel trying to commit Yosemit magic...... middle of paper ...... my favorite photos were of Mount Whitney which had many jumbled rocks on it. All the photos he took make him a great artist. You can see what he was trying to do with his photos and see what he wanted to prove to the people who look at his photos. Ansel invented different types of photography and printing techniques. Which are still used by photographers today. His amazing landscape photographs can be seen or accessed in museums and in books everywhere. Ansel Adams' photos are at least appreciated everywhere or by everyone. He is considered one of the most beloved and talented American photographers.BiblographyAnsel Adams by Basil Cannonhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ansel/index.htmlhttp://sierraclub.org/inside/ Ansel Adams in Color edited by Harry M. Callahan http://www.hctc.commnet.edu/artmuseum/anseladams/barressay.html