1902 - 1984
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 an exacting system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a deeply technical understanding of how tonal range is recorded and developed during exposure, negative development, and printing. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ansel Adams has received more than 18,031,828 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ansel Adams is the 13th most popular photographer (down from 11th in 2019), the 1,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,086th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Photographer.
Ansel Adams is most famous for his black and white photographs of the American West.
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Among photographers, Ansel Adams ranks 13 out of 105. Before him are Robert Doisneau, Vivian Maier, Helmut Newton, Heinrich Hoffmann, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Felice Beato. After him are André Kertész, Diane Arbus, Wilhelm von Gloeden, August Sander, Brassaï, and Gunter Sachs.
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 7
1926 - 2009
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 8
1920 - 2004
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 9
1885 - 1957
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 10
1815 - 1879
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 11
1832 - 1909
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 12
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 13
1894 - 1985
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 14
1923 - 1971
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 15
1856 - 1931
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 16
1876 - 1964
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 17
1899 - 1984
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 18
1932 - 2011
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 19
Among people born in 1902, Ansel Adams ranks 49. Before him are Max Ophüls, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Günther Anders, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and E. E. Evans-Pritchard. After him are David O. Selznick, Carlo Gambino, Ryuzo Shimizu, Mohammad Hatta, Oskar Morgenstern, and Takeichi Nishi. Among people deceased in 1984, Ansel Adams ranks 38. Before him are Irwin Shaw, Yılmaz Güney, Jiro Miyake, Henri Michaux, Count Basie, and James Mason. After him are Moshé Feldenkrais, Oskar Werner, Brassaï, Janet Gaynor, Joseph Losey, and Hans Speidel.
1902 - 1957
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 43
1902 - 1942
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 44
1902 - 1992
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 45
1902 - 1944
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 46
1902 - 1994
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 47
1902 - 1973
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 48
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 49
1902 - 1965
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 50
1902 - 1976
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 51
1902 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 52
1902 - 1980
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 53
1902 - 1977
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 54
1902 - 1945
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 55
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 32
1937 - 1984
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 33
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 34
1899 - 1984
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 35
1904 - 1984
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 36
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 37
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 38
1904 - 1984
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 39
1922 - 1984
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 40
1899 - 1984
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 41
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 42
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 43
1897 - 1984
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, Ansel Adams ranks 1,402 out of 15,968. Before him are Ben Gazzara (1930), Elias James Corey (1928), Bernard Baruch (1870), Jaco Pastorius (1951), Robert Patrick (1958), and Edward Snowden (1983). After him are Lenny Kravitz (1964), David O. Selznick (1902), Dan Simmons (1948), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Mike Portnoy (1967), and Snoop Dogg (1971).
1930 - 2012
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,396
1928 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,397
1870 - 1965
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,398
1951 - 1987
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,399
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,400
1983 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,401
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,402
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,403
1902 - 1965
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,404
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 1,405
1941 - 2002
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 1,406
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1,407
1971 - Present
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 1,408
Among photographers born in United States, Ansel Adams ranks 2. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926). After him are Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Lewis Hine (1874), Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), Edward Weston (1886), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), and Paul Strand (1890).
1926 - 2009
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 1
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 2
1923 - 1971
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 3
1864 - 1946
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 4
1874 - 1940
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 5
1923 - 2004
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 6
1917 - 2009
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 7
1886 - 1958
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 9
1946 - 1989
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 10
1898 - 1991
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 11
1890 - 1976
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 12