Ansel Adams Documentary Questions

1. Where and when was Ansel Adams born? February 20, 1902, San Francisco, CA
2. Was Ansel a good student? He was not a successful student in the various schools to which his parents sent him
3. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite? When he was 14.
4. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours. It took 2 days.
5. Who gave him his first camera and what was it? Box Brownie Kodak Camera.
6. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with? He hiked with the Sierra Club.
7. 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.
8. What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century? Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California (1927)
9. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last? He was nearing 70 years old.
10. How was Adams honored after he died? A retrospective exhibit at the museum of art.