The Man Who Composed Timeless Photographic Art

Thank you for this wonderful video. I'm going to share it with my photography students! :)

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Great video

Nino - He Died on April 23rd 1984 - I remember the date I was inside my darkroom as I heard it on the news...

What a well done video and I have absorbed a lot about Adams, my first photographer hero.

A great story well told.

Another great overview! Adams is such an icon in photography we often get more caught-up in who he was than what he did. The prints are education enough, however, Adams also contributed the concept of seamless technique from visualization to realization (of the final print) which is the foundation of all he taught. In addition to the zone system the "The" books ('The Camera', 'The Negative', 'The Print' and etc., and, though it's not part of the original educational books, 'The Making of 40 Photographs' which is like a short summary of all the others through examples) are his contribution to photographic education. They provide an unparalleled definition and detailing of photographic craftsmanship as it was in his time. Much of it is no longer relevant as cameras have changed and film photography has become an 'alternative' form of photography to digital photography. So, how much of Adams' thinking can be salvaged to help us improve digital photography? Probably more than we think.

A brilliant photographer

very interesting....

Thank you!

Great video, thanks.

I had the amazing honor of studying with Ansel in 1975. After 50 years behind the camera I still reflect on his...being.

why he trick us? -_-

Really enjoyed and learnt so much from this. Thanks.

Very nice tribute, thanks for sharing.

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Awesome thank you 👌👌👌

Ansel Adams was a commercial photographer. he never understood anything deeper about photography than making a good looking print for the masses...just for the money baby...and that's why he is so much adored from people who have no idea about photography..

Well done!

Thank you for this documentary, well done! You just inspired me to revisit the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite. While I visit and photograph Yosemite many times a year, I haven’t been to the gallery in a while. Luckily I have 2 more day passes this month! 😄 Thanks again!

Very inspiring 🙏♥️

One who shot a thousand landscape photos with a Rebel T6 would feel very small and intimidated by just seeing one black and white frame from Ansel Adams. So inspiring!

And yet some photographer said lightroom or other application is cheat... its not cheat, its like digitalized darkroom...

You lost me when you started the "Man is destroying the planet" crap. Keep your junk science out of the video, it's a great video on its own.

its just not the taking of the photos it's the darkroom work.when you see a print up close in a museum thats when his art stands above the rest.

I wonder how many of you have heard of Carlton E Watkins? He was photographing Yosemite (and the reason it exists) almost 100years before Adams with glass mammoth plates. Adams was an amazing printer and pianist. The American pioneers of photograph are names like A. J. Russell, William Henry Jackson. Alexander Gardiner and Timothy O'Sullivan to name a few.

Well done!

Wonderfully planned out video that takes the viewer on not just a historical and artistic journey, but also a very personal journey. Oh also with a hint of comedy! ..Really Great video!

Well done! You totally had me when you said he took up music & stayed in SF. It was really interesting to see the different prints of Moonrise over Hernandez.

This was lovely! Thanks!!

Great video, I found it fascinating! Thanks for doing it.

Ansel Adams was the photographer who made the biggest influence in my photography. Looking back to my youth, before photography was ever part of my universe, I purchased an Ansel Adams print for my wall. It was one of his shots at Yosemite. Some of my favorite landscape photos are of my 1st time visiting Yosemite. I too fell in love. It is a magical place.
Prophetic.

That was beautiful. What a tribute to an icon in his own right.

And yet, when asked about cut and paste, he gave a blank stare...
How awesome his ability to bring such beauty to us.

For anyone wanting to replicate the half dome effect, it's was a deep/dark red, not your standard red filter. Of course these are available commonly, they let very little light through

Re: Moonrise over Hernandez - Adams determined his exposure by knowing the luminosity value of the moon. Per Adams himself, "I was at a loss with the subject luminance values, and I confess I was thinking about bracketing several exposures, when I suddenly realized that I knew the luminance of the moon—250 c/ft2. Using the Exposure Formula, I placed this luminance on Zone VII;"

Thanks pal! Great vid about the great photographer! 👍🏻

Thank you for this short documentary, fantastic work :)

I don't think there was high speed rail back in the 20'S!!

Splendid! Thank you...

Thank you for making this video. I remember seeing Adam's photographs for the first time in the 70s when I was a kid and being blown away. They are timeless.

Great job, really learned a lot!!!

Please stop panning, tilting and zooming on his photos. It ruins all his compositions.

Really well done! Thanks for making this

I went to the Tetons and a fellow tourist complained that the place doesn’t look anything like the way Ansel Adams captured it. I begged to differ.

He was using a Large format.

I like the charts very much without which now it may be difficult to shoot any photo particularly landscape.

Great photographer invented exposure charts very useful in photography.