Ansel Adams

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Artist: Ansel Adams

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Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)? F.64 was a group of photographers formed in the early 1930s. They are significant to the history of photography because they tried to "define photography as an art form by simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods" Pure photography was defined as possessing no qualities of technique, but rather a sharply focused and unchanged image.







Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words). I think F.64 is an interesting group because of their focus on taking great pictures simply by choosing and framing their subject well. I tend towards very shallow depth of field, the exact opposite of F.64's methods; it makes it very interesting to me to see what great images they were able to get in this way. It's also interesting because of the success that each of its members went on to have in the field of photography.









Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Andrew Benson