Ansel Adams
(February 20, 1902- April 22, 1984)
Ansel Adams was an American photographer known for his images of promoting conservation of wilderness areas with most of his photographs taking place in Yosemite National Park. Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California. His love of photography began in 1916 after a trip to Yosemite National Park. Adams and his photographs started to get noticed after his publication of his first portfolio called "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras." Adams photographs were mainly detailed close ups and of larges forms such as mountains and industrial buildings. His main focus when it came to his photography was to promote the protection of wilderness areas and he even photographed political issues such as life in camps during World War II. Adams died on April 22, 1984, but his photographs still hold such importance today.
The Ansel Adams Gallery
This website has so much information on it for Ansel Adams research from original photographs to biographies. It also has other artists similar to Ansel Adams that you can research and learn about.
National Archives
This website not only has a biography on Ansel Adams, but has a whole archive of his photographs in good quality. This is important to good quality photographs of the artists' work you are referring to in class to really go in depth about the work.
CURATED COLLECTIONS OF THE MOST USEFUL FACTS
This website has a biography of Ansel Adams and tons of cool facts about him. It also lists the website they found the facts for a student or teacher to do more research. As an art educator I love telling my students random facts about artists so this website sparked my interest.
Cypress Tree in Fog, 1967
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Integrating Science with Art/Art MakingUsing the theme of Adaptation would create a great connection with Science. Looking at this photograph your students can look and discuss the foreground of this photograph and the roots of the tree. Plant and animal life have to adapt daily to how we are changing the world. An art making activity that could go along with this lesson could be going around the school and photography adaptation that the students see or possibly a mixed media collage that shows the adaptation between plant/animal life. Possible discussion questions could be:
- What is Adaptation? - What do you see in this photograph that may show adaptation? - How does plant/animal life adapt in our world today? - Can you remember a time when you saw plant or animal life attempting to adapt in a new habitat? (This lesson can be used for 4th grade and up) |