Anne and Michael. Best studio was inherited by Virginia, who operated it until 1971. Adams’ family now operates it and it is now named the Ansel Adams Gallery (Wikipedia Contributors).
At the age of seventeen, Adams entered into the Sierra Club, which is a crowd devoted to guarding the wild areas of the planet. He remained a member throughout his life, as well as serving on the board of directors for thirty-seven years. He was a conservationist through and through. He believed in saving his beloved nature from being destroyed. He was dedicated the cause of environmentalism and he used his great writing abilities and his status to support the cause. He concentrated efforts on the coastline of Big Sur in California and worked to protect Yosemite from being used to much. In the 1930s he began using his photographs in the battle against wilderness preservation and to promote the objectives of the Sierra Club. In 1938, he created a book named Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, which was a photographic work of art. The book, as well as his testimony was used in front of Congress to help …show more content…
It contained his prominent image Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. This image was taken using his method of visualization and his Korona view camera with a dark red filter and glass plates; this enhanced the tonal contrasts. His portfolio was a success and he began to get commercial assignments from people who bought it. He found it extremely hard to delineate himself as an artist; however, his photography work became more established between 1929 and 1942. He was introduced to many notable people like Georgia O’Keeffe, John Martin and the photographer Paul Strand, among many others. Strand became a very significant and persuasive individual to him. He offered technique tips such as the use of glossy paper to strengthen tonal values and even convinced Adams to put all of his time, talent and energy into his photography (Wikipedia