Amsel Adams

             Ansel Adams is arguably the most famous black-and-white photographer ever.  His photography inspired Americans in the past and the present, allowing people to experience the true beauty and majesty of wild America.  As a young boy, his only education was a "legitimizing diploma" from Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins Private School, which is equivalent to completing the eighth grade.  However, he had a hidden genius, teaching himself to play piano and read music.  As he grew older, he became a virtuoso by mastering the piano, and intended on becoming a professional player.  However, his love of photography consumed him, and he carried that into a career.  He became a member of the Sierra Club, and took his first High Trip into the Sierra Nevada.  There, he took his first fully visualized photograph of Half Dome in Yosemite, known as 'Monolith'.  In the years that followed, he continued photographing the national parks of America as a profession, and earned his title as the most famous black-and-white photographer.

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