Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist born in 1902 who died in 1984. He is best known for his black and white photographs of landscapes and nature, especially mountains. This photograph titled "The Tetons - Snake River" was taken by Adams in Wyoming in 1941 and shows snowy mountains in the background, a forest on the left, and a snake-like river running through the center.

1. Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams was born February
20, 1902 and died April 22, 1984.
He was an American
photographer and
environmentalist. He’s best
known for his black and white
photographs. He developed the
Zone System as a way to
determine proper exposure and
to adjust the contrast of the final
print.

3. The Tetons - Snake River'
'The Tetons - Snake River' by Ansel Adams.
This was taken at Wyoming in 1941.This is a
photograph of snowy mountains and a
river.
There are snowy mountains in the
background and a forest in the
foreground to the left. There is also a
snake like river in the centre of the
photograph. The river as well is like a
leading line, your eyes follow the shape
of the river.

4. Composition
Ansel Adam's photographs mostly consists of lot’s of sky some
scenery and sometimes a bit of river. He mainly takes
photographs of the environment and they are landscape.

5. Techniques Ansel used
The techniques Ansel
Adam’s uses are a large
format camera that made
the image sharper.

6. Strengths & Weaknesses
Most of Ansel Adam’s Photographs are similar to each
other, with mountains in the background and lakes in the
foreground.