my favorite photographers

Ansel Adams

Although it may be trite for me to cite Ansel Adams as a personal favorite, there is no denying that Adams was a photographers' photographer. Adams' groundbreaking work in the darkroom, in the business of photography, as well as his advanced working in defining photography technique is legendary. Since I've also visited and photographed the Yosemite Valley, the Grand Canyon, and locations Adams made famous, I've come to have a deeper and closer appreciation for the works of this grand master of photography. My favorite Ansel Adams photograph is Clearing Winter Storm taken in Yosemite National Park c. 1942. When I view his work, I felt humbled as a photographer.

"Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."- Ansel Adams