Ansel Adams is known as one the greatest, if not the greatest landscape photographer of the 20th century. He was born in 1902 and lived until 1984. As a child, Adams was very musically inclined and played piano until he found another calling in photography in 1922 when he published a few pictures for the Sierra Club's Bulletin. After going on a few month-long "High-Trips" with the Sierra Club as a photographer, he realized in the late 1920's that he could make a living with his work in photography. His ability to become a professional photographer was greatly influenced by the support of a friend and insurance entrepreneur from San Francisco, Albert Bender. Adams was largely an advocate of and activist for preservation of the wilderness and the environment for years. Many people say that Ansel Adams' photographs represented an idealization of a wilderness that has been long extinct, but the photographs he took are of places that are preserved and protected by the U.S. National Park Service as well as agencies such as the Sierra Club. He will not only continue to be greatly respected in the world of photography, but will also continue to be hailed as a champion of wilderness preservation in the coming years.
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