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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing. Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy. At age 14, he was given his first camera during his first visit to Yosemite National Park. He developed his early photographic work as a member of the Sierra Club. He was later contracted with the United States Department of the Interior to make photographs of national parks. For his work and his persistent advocacy, which helped expand the National Park system, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980. Adams was a key advisor in the founding and establishment of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an important landmark in securing photography's institutional legitimacy. He helped to stage that department's first photography exhibition, helped found the photography magazine Aperture, and co-founded the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Early life Birth Adams was born in the Fillmore District of San Francisco, the only child of Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray. He was named after his uncle, Ansel Easton. His mother's family came from Baltimore, where his maternal grandfather had a successful freight-hauling business but lost his wealth investing in failed mining and real estate ventures in Nevada. The Adams family came from New England, having migrated from the north of Ireland during the early 19th century. His paternal grandfather founded a very prosperous lumber business that his father later managed. Later in life, Adams condemned the industry his grandfather worked in for cutting down many of the redwood forests. Early childhood One of Adams's earliest memories was watching the smoke from the fires caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Then four years old, Adams was uninjured in the initial shaking but was tossed face-first into a garden wall during an aftershock three hours later, breaking and scarring his nose. A doctor recommended that his nose be reset once he reached maturity, but it remained crooked and necessitated mouth breathing for the rest of his life. In 1907, his family moved 2 miles (3 km) west to a new home near the Seacliff neighborhood of San Francisco, just south of the Presidio Army Base. The home had a "splendid view" of the Golden Gate and the Marin Headlands. Adams was a hyperactive child and prone to frequent sickness and hypochondria. He had few friends, but his family home and surroundings on the heights facing the Golden Gate provided ample childhood activities. He had little patience for games or sports; but he enjoyed the beauty of nature from an early age, collecting bugs and exploring Lobos Creek all the way to Baker Beach and the sea cliffs leading to Lands End, "San Francisco's wildest and rockiest coast, a place strewn with shipwrecks and rife with landslides." Early education Adams's father had a three-inch telescope, and they enthusiastically shared the hobby of astronomy, visiting the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton together. His father later served as the paid secretary-treasurer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, from 1925 to 1950. Charles Adams's business suffered large financial losses after the death of his father in the aftermath of the Panic of 1907. Some of the loss was due to his uncle Ansel Easton and Cedric Wright's father George secretly having sold their shares of the company, "knowingly providing the controlling interest" to the Hawaiian Sugar Trust for a large amount of money. By 1912, the family's standard of living had dropped sharply. Adams was dismissed from several private schools for being restless and inattentive, so when he was 12, his father decided to remove him from school. For the next two years he was educated by private tutors, his aunt Mary, and his father. Mary was a devotee of Robert G. Ingersoll, a 19th-century agnostic and women's suffrage advocate, so Ingersoll's teachings were important to his upbringing. During the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915, his father insisted that he spend part of each day studying the exhibits as part of his education. He eventually resumed, and completed, his formal education by attending the Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins Private School, graduating from the eighth grade on June 8, 1917. During his later years, he displayed his diploma in the guest bathroom of his home. His father raised him to follow the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson: to live a modest, moral life guided by a social responsibility to man and nature. Adams had a loving relationship with his father, but he had a distant relationship with his mother, who did not approve of his interest in photography. The day after her death in 1950, Ansel had a dispute with the undertaker when choosing the casket in which to bury her. He chose the cheapest in the room, a $260 coffin that seemed the least he could purchase without doing the job himself. The undertaker remarked, "Have you no respect for the dead?" Adams replied, "One more crack like that and I will take Mama elsewhere." Youth Adams became interested in playing the piano at age 12 after hearing his 16-year-old neighbor Henry Cowell play on the Adams' piano, and he taught himself to play and read music. Cowell, who later became a well-known avant-garde composer, gave Adams some lessons. Over the next decade, three music teachers pushed him to develop technique and discipline, and he became determined to pursue a career as a classical pianist. Adams first visited Yosemite National Park in 1916 with his family. He wrote of his first view of the valley: "the splendor of Yosemite burst upon us and it was glorious.... One wonder after another descended upon us.... There was light everywhere.... A new era began for me." His father gave him his first camera during that stay, an Eastman Kodak Brownie box camera, and he took his first photographs with his "usual hyperactive enthusiasm". He returned to Yosemite on his own the next year with better cameras and a tripod. During the winters of 1917 and 1918, he learned basic darkroom technique while working part-time for a San Francisco photograph finisher. Adams contracted the Spanish flu during the 1918 flu pandemic, from which he needed several weeks to recuperate. He read a book about lepers and became obsessed with cleanliness; he was afraid to touch anything withou.... Discover the E V Adams popular books. Find the top 100 most popular E V Adams books.
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City of Chicago v. Adams
Supreme Court of IllinoisIn a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Ollie Adams, was convicted of failure to register a deadly weapon (Chicago Municipal Code, sec. 11.17). The appella...
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Adams v. Purtlebaugh
Supreme Court Of IndianaThe record shows that appellant and appellee were married April 25, 1942. The child whose custody is in question was born August 11, 1943. The parties were divorced on October 1, 1...
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Paul Michael Adams and Joanne Adams v. J
First District No. 1-1179A 311 Court of Appeals of IndianaROBERTSON, P.J. This is a medical malpractice case. The facts, most favorable to the appellant, are that the plaintiffappellant, Paul Michael Adams (Adams), first saw the defendant...
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The People v. Adams
Supreme Court of IllinoisThe plaintiff in error, Walter Marion Adams, was convicted in October, 1958, of burglary and larceny after a jury trial in the circuit court of Clinton County and senten...
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Randall J. Gomez v. William E. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsRandall Gomez and Nora Security, Inc., codefendants, appeal a general jury verdict and judgment against them in the amount of $20,000.00 compensatory damages and $60,000.00 punitiv...
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Adams Et Al. v. Adams Et Al.
South Carolina Supreme CourtAugust 27, 1951. This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Colleton County on June 5, 1945, seeking to recover possession of a house and eighty acres of land, damage...
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Meehan v. North Adams Sav. Bank
Supreme Court of MinnesotaLUMMUS, Justice. The facts appear in the report of a master. The plaintiff was a clergyman in Greenfield. He was friendly with one Coyne, a young man in his parish, and trusted him...
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People State New York v. Robert Adams
Court of Appeals of New YorkDefendant appeals from an order of the Appellate Division affirming his conviction for robbery. The novel issue on the appeal is whether testimony of a station house showup should ...
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Lloyd Adams Inc. v. Liberty Mutual
Supreme Court of GeorgiaThis is an appeal by the Hawaii State Teachers Association (appellant) from an order of the first circuit court granting a preliminary injunction against appellant upon a request b...
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People State New York v. Tony Adams
Court of Appeals of New YorkDefendant complains that the trial court erred in charging the jury with respect to circumstantial evidence that some of the facts could be proved with less assurance t...
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Ann Mcgee v. Adams Paper and Twine Co.
Court of Appeals of New YorkOrder affirmed, with costs, on the opinion at the Appellate Division; no opinion.
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Walker v. United States Drummond v. Same Luteran v. Same Adams v. Same Lorne E. Wells v. Same Joe R. Wells
Supreme Court of the United StatesPetition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.
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Adams v. State Indiana
Supreme Court Of IndianaCourt, wherein the appellant was alleged to be a delinquent child by reason of habitual truancy. The Appellate Court has transferred this cause to this court with an opinion (In th...
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People v. Adams
Illinois Appellate Court — Second District Reversed And RemandedRespondent, T.D., was named in a petition for adjudication of wardship, filed in the circuit court of McHenry County, alleging that the minor had made unlawful use of an intoxicati...
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Nanci Adams Holley v. David E. Adams
Supreme Court of TexasDavid Adams instituted this suit for termination of the parentchild relationship between his former wife, Nanci Adams Holley, and their son. The trial court ordered termination und...
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Adams v. State Indiana
Supreme Court Of IndianaThis is an appeal from a judgment in two parts, which sentenced the appellant to the Indiana State Prison for a term of not less than one nor more than ten years under the first co...
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Smith v. Adams
North Carolina Court of AppealsAn unpublished opinion of the North Carolina Court of Appeals does not constitute controlling legal authority. Citation is disfavored, but may be permitted in accordance with the p...
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Deckard v. Adams
Court of Appeals of IndianaThe above matter is before us on petition to transfer, under Supreme Court Rule 223. [For Appellate Court opinion, see: Deckard v. Adams (1964), 197 N.E.2d 317.]
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People State New York v. Sylvester E. Adams
Court of Appeals of New YorkAgain (see People v. Hill, 8 N.Y.2d 935, and People v. Hairston, 10 N.Y.2d 92) we inquire as to the rights and remedies of a criminal case defendant who alleges that, through his o...
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Ciarmataro v. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsCROSBY, J. This is an action to recover for the conscious suffering and death of the plaintiff's intestate as a result of personal injuries received on June 13, 1923, on...
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Adams v. Beaty Service Co.
Supreme Court of North CarolinaFor determination of this appeal it is necessary to advert to, and consider only two questions arising on assignments of error: (1) To denial of defendants motions for judgment as ...
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People State New York v. Delbert Adams
Court of Appeals of New YorkOn Saturday evening, December 4, 1965, two carloads of people were riding aimlessly about the streets of Rochester, New York. One of the cars, driven by Cleveland Chatman (the dece...
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People State New York v. Norman Adams
Court of Appeals of New York[38 N.Y.2d 605 Page 606] Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
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Adams v. Cumberland Farms
Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. O'CONNOR, J. In each of these cases, which originally were commenced in the Superior Court, the plaintiffs filed an appl...
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The People v. Adams
Supreme Court of IllinoisFollowing a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was convicted of the unlawful sale of narcotics (heroin) and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 10 t...
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Board Comrs. Adams County Et Al. v. State
Supreme Court Of IndianaThe Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana, and others, have appealed to this court from a judgment of the Adams Circuit Court mandating them to issue bonds for the constr...
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Adams v. Dunton
Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsDONAHUE, Justice. The plaintiff's declaration alleges that while on a duck hunting trip in Maine he was shot and injured by 'the negligence and wilful, wanton, or reckless act' of ...
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Hull v. Adams Et Al.
Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsRUGG, Chief Justice. This is a petition by the executor of the will of Anna E. Adams for instructions as to the meaning of a paragraph in that will. It is stated in the report that...
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Adams v. Holcomb Et Al.
Supreme Court Of IndianaThis action was brought by appellant in the Madison Superior Court on petition to probate the lost will of one Frank Scampmorte, who died a resident of Madison County, Indiana, on ...
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Kenneth Earl Adams v. State Indiana
Supreme Court Of IndianaFollowing a jury trial in the Marion Criminal Court on March 29, 1977, appellant Adams was convicted of first degree burglary, armed robbery, armed rape and armed sodomy. Adams rec...
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Adams v. J.E. Merit Construction Inc.
Louisiana Supreme CourtA WalMart store patron, who slipped and fell on a pink liquid substance, appeals the judgment of the trial court granting the defendants motion for summary judgment. After reviewin...
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State v. Adams
North Carolina Supreme CourtORDER Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A31, th...
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State Idaho v. Paul E. Adams
Court of Appeals of Idaho No. 14874Upon a plea of guilty, Paul Adams was convicted of robbery. The district court sentenced him to the custody of the Board of Corrections for an indeterminate term not exceeding twen...
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People v. Adams
Supreme Court of IllinoisCharles M. Schiedel, Carroll J. King and Gary S. Rapaport, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant. Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney Gene...
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Clintwood Manor v. Joseph T. Adams Et Al.
Court of Appeals of New YorkOrder affirmed, without costs, on the opinion at the Appellate Division.
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Charles Wayne Adams v. State Indiana
Supreme Court Of IndianaDefendant was charged in Huntington Circuit Court with the crime of first degree murder; venue of the cause was changed to Grant Circuit Court. Defendant pleaded not guilty to the ...
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Locator-Map v. Wayne N. Adams Et Al.
Court of Appeals of New York[42 N.Y.2d 1022 Page 1022] Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, entered December 16, 1976, which modified, on the ...
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Adams v. Adams
In Banc No. 17524 Appellate Court of IndianaHAMILTON, Chief Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court granting appellee an absolute divorce from the appellant upon the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment...
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State v. Adams
North Carolina Court of AppealsAn unpublished opinion of the North Carolina Court of Appeals does not constitute controlling legal authority. Citation is disfavored, but may be permitted in accordance with the p...
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People State New York v. Clarence Adams
Court of Appeals of New YorkOn this appeal, we are once again called upon to delineate the bounds of the exclusionary rule. The specific question presented is whether evidence obtained as a result of the warr...
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Adams v. Adams
Androscoggin Supreme Court of MainePursuant to Ind. Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of r...
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Adams v. Pearson
Supreme Court of IllinoisThis is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Macon County ordering specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. A freehold is involved.
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State, Ex Rel. Pendell v. Adams Cty. Bd. of Elections
The Supreme Court of the State of OhioPer Curiam. In his first proposition of law, appellant argues that his complaint stated claims in mandamus and that the court of appeals erred in dismissing them sua spo...
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Adams v. Town Bolton Haskell v. Same
Supreme Court of MinnesotaDONAHUE, Justice. The plaintiffs, while riding on the rear seat of an automobile operated on a public highway in the town of Bolton, on the morning of March 25, 1934, were injured ...
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City Houston v. Mary E. Adams City Houston v. Honorable Roy F. Campbell
The Texas Court of Criminal AppealsIn January of 1954, Mrs. Mary E. Adams, a feme sole, filed her suit in a district court of Harris County, Texas, in which, among other things, she alleged that the City of Houston ...
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Michael J. Adams v. State Indiana
Court of Special Appeals of MarylandOn September 16, 1987, defendantappellant Michael J. Adams was charged with Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated, a Class A misdemeanor (Count I), and Operating a Vehicle with .10...
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People v. Adams
Supreme Court of IllinoisIn 1963 petitioner John Adams and two codefendants, who are not involved in this appeal, were found guilty of murder by a Cook County circuit court jury and each was sentenced to a...
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Adams Outdoor Advertising of Charlotte v. North Carolina Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of North CarolinaIn this appeal, we must determine whether defendants planting of trees and vegetation within its rightofway adjacent to premises on which plaintiff owns and leases outdoor advertis...