Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer born in San Francisco. Famous for his black & white landscape photographs of the national parks (Yosemite National Park among others), and as an author of numerous books about photography, including his trilogy of technical instruction manuals (The Camera, The Negative and The Print). He co-founded the photographic association Group f/64 along with other masters like Edward Westo ...

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Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California in an upper-class family. When he was 4, he was tossed face-first into a garden wall in an aftershock from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, breaking his nose. His nose was never repaired and appeared crooked for his entire life. He became interested in photography when his Aunt Mary gave him a copy of "In the Heart of the Sierras" [1] while he was sick as a child. The photographs in the book by George Fiske piqued his interest enough to persuade his parents to vacation in Yosemite National Park in 1916, wh ...

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The Aspen Institute is a U.S. nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1950 dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue." The institute is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has campuses in Aspen, Colorado (its original home), New York City, Santa Barbara, California, and Queenstown, Maryland. The institute holds regular seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, with the goal of promoting nonparti ...

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movement in the USA as well as being a major inspiration for many of his youthful followers to join the libertarian movement. Goldwater personified the shift in balance in American culture from the Northeast to the West. A five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965, 1969-87), he was the Republican Party candidate for the U.S. President in ...

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• Barry Goldwater - U.S. presidential election 1964
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April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. April 22 - Events. 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father. 1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas. < ...

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1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1984 - Events. 1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). January 9 - Clara Peller is fea ...

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Benjamin William Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American science fiction author and editor. Ben Bova - Biographical timeline. 28 November 1932 - born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1953 - married Rose Cucinotta (divorced 1974) 1954 - received Bachelor of Science from Temple University He became editor of Analog Science Fiction after John W. Campbell's death; after leaving Analog, he went on to edit Omni Magazine. He was the science advisor for the faile ...

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The Cartoon Art Museum (CAM) is an art museum in San Francisco, California, specializing in the art of comics and cartoons. As of 2005, it is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art, and holds approximately six thousand pieces—including original animation cels, comic book pages, and early newspaper comic strips—in its permanent collection. The museum was organized in 1984 by comic art enthusiasts. Its first incarnation had no fixed location, instead organizing ...

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Yosemite National Park (pronounced "Yo-SEM-it-tee", IPA [joʊˈsɛməti]) is a national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne County, California, United States. The park covers an area of 1,189 mi² (3,081 km²) and stretches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Over 3 million people visit Yosemite each year, with most only seeing Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular g ...

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1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1902 - Events. 1902 - January-April. January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'évangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels. February 15 - Berlin underground opened. Febr ...

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Burning-in is a term used in the photography industry. Burning-in is a technique used during the printing process to darken a specific portion of the print. For example, blue skies often appear a dull white in black and white pictures. The printer can burn-in the sky section of the photograph to darken the sky. This often helps to bring out the contrast between the sky and any clouds that may be present. To burn-in a print, the print is first given normal exposure. Next, extra exposure is given to the area(s) that needs to be d ...

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In photography, the zone system is a technique invented by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1939 or 1940. It is one of the earliest methods to give photographers systematic control of their images by precisely defining the relationships between their equipment and materials. While employing the Zone System as it was intended to be used can be very demanding, as it requires a consistency in procedure that is quite difficult to achieve in practice, the underlying concepts are very useful to any photographer who wishes to ...

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October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. October 31 - Events. October 31 is the day of halloween 475 - Romulus Augustus was proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1517 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the [[Wittenberg Castle Church]]. 1587 - Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575. ...

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Esalen Institute is a center for humanistic education, a nonprofit organization devoted to multidisciplinary studies ordinarily neglected by traditional academia. Now in its fifth decade, Esalen offers more than 500 public workshops a year in addition to invitational conferences, residential work-study programs, research initiatives, and internships. Part think-tank for the emerging world culture, part college and lab for transformative practices, and part restorative retreat, Esalen is dedicated to exploring work in the humanities and sciences tha ...

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1902 - January-April. January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'évangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels. February 15 - Berlin underground opened. February 18 - US President Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act. March 7 - Second ...

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The zone system separates the picture's tones into eleven zones, numbered using Roman numerals. 0: Pure black I: Near black II: Dark gray / black III: Very dark gray - the lowest zone with distinct shadow detail IV: Medium dark gray V: Medium gray (equal to Kodak's 18% Grey cards) VI: Mid-tone gray VII: Light gray VIII: Gray / white - the highest zone with distinct highlight detailSee also:

Zone system, Zone system - Overview for monochrome materials, Zone system - Film, Zone system - Digital, Zone system - Darkroom, Zone system - External resources

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Native Americans inhabited the San Francisco Bay Area at least 10,000 years ago; the most recent inhabitants prior to European settlement were the Yelamu. By the middle of the 19th century, disease and warfare with European settlers had virtually wiped out the indigenous tribes. The first European to reach the San Francisco Bay was the Spanish explorer Don Gaspar de Portolà,in 1770. The first Spanish mission, Mission San Francisco de Asis, was established six years later. A small military fort was also established in what is now the ...

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San Francisco California, San Francisco California - History, San Francisco California - Geography and climate, San Francisco California - Climate, San Francisco California - Neighborhoods in San Francisco, San Francisco California - Parks, San Francisco California - Demographics, San Francisco California - Government and politics, San Francisco California - City flag, San Francisco California - City seal, San Francisco California - Economy, San Francisco California - Education, San Francisco California - Culture, San Francisco California - Contemporary life, San Francisco California - Museums and performing arts, San Francisco California - Nightlife, San Francisco California - Sports, San Francisco California - Transportation, San Francisco California - Roads and highways, San Francisco California - Public transportation, San Francisco California - Airports, San Francisco California - Seaports, San Francisco California - Famous San Franciscans, San Francisco California - Trivia, San Francisco California - Notes, San Francisco California - Sources

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Yosemite National Park is located in the central Sierra Nevada of California. It takes 3.5 hours to drive to the park from San Francisco and about six hours from Los Angeles. Yosemite is surrounded by wilderness areas: the Ansel Adams Wilderness to the southeast, the Hoover Wilderness to the northeast, and the Emigrant Wilderness to the north. The 1,200-square-mile (3,100 km²) park contains thousands of lakes and ponds, 1,600 miles (2,600 km) of streams, 800 miles (1300 km) of hiking trails, and 350 miles (560 km) of roads. Two feder ...

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Yosemite National Park, Yosemite National Park - Geography, Yosemite National Park - Rocks and erosion, Yosemite National Park - Popular features, Yosemite National Park - Water and ice, Yosemite National Park - Climate, Yosemite National Park - History, Yosemite National Park - The Ahwahnechee and the Mariposa Wars, Yosemite National Park - Early tourists, Yosemite National Park - The Yosemite Grant, Yosemite National Park - Increased protection efforts, Yosemite National Park - Later history, Yosemite National Park - Geology, Yosemite National Park - Tectonic and volcanic activity, Yosemite National Park - Uplift and erosion, Yosemite National Park - Sculpting by glaciers, Yosemite National Park - Biology, Yosemite National Park - Habitats, Yosemite National Park - Management issues, Yosemite National Park - Activities, Yosemite National Park - Hiking, Yosemite National Park - Climbing, Yosemite National Park - Summer activities, Yosemite National Park - Winter activities

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1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). January 9 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's for the first time. January 10 - The United States and the Va ...

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