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Monterey Museum of Art
Ansel Adams Exhibit
Elaine Schumacher, Staff Reporter
eschumacher@csumb.edu
School was not a good fit for him, so in 1916, he dropped out and went on a family trip to Yosemite. His parents gave him a gift of a Kodak Box Brownie camera so he could photograph their vacation. Nearly a century later, his 1927 photographs of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley may be the most recognized black and white photograph in the world. Ansel Adams, who lived in Carmel from 1967, until his death in 1984, is arguably the greatest photographer of the twentieth-century. Adam’s is considered a genius for his ability to control exposure and development of the photographs which creates the majestic images that are world renown today. On July 10, at the Museum of Art- La Mirada, (MMA), located at 720 Via Mirada, across from Lake Estero, in Monterey, will the launch of Ansel Adams: Portrait of America world- tour exhibit… Read Full Story