Ansel Adams, son of Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray grew up in the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. When he was four years old, the aftershock of a Californian earthquake dropped him to the ground, breaking his nose. Practically deforming his face for life.
With his shy personality and the brain of a genius, it caused him to drift away from the other kids in his school. With a possibility of dyslexia his father and aunt thought it best for him to be homeschooled. When Ansel was just 12 years old he learned to play the piano and read music all on his own. He also found comfort in the nature that surrounded him. Where he then took up the art of photography.
The Sierra Club is to thanks for Adams early success. In 1928 he had his first one man exhibition at the clubs headquarters. But in all reality, the year of 1927 is what really turned his life around. He created his first visualized photograph, Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. He later met his mentor Albert M. Bender. He helped Ansel in the preparation and publication of his first portfolio. Although, with all this sudden fame, it nearly helped his financial struggle. In a letter he wrote it read, "I have been busy, but broke.Can't seem to climb over the financial fence." But as his career finally started taking off he was able to travel the world and speak to people through his music, photos and writing.
Ansel Adams passed away April 22, 1984. He may no longer be here but his photos are kept alive by the pure beauty he once captured.
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