Landscape photography biography samples
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Ansel Adams, Photographer – Bio
By William Turnage, Reprinted courtesy of the author and Oxford University Press
This Ansel Adams biography was published by Oxford University Press for its American National Biography.
Ansel Adams in front of his most famous image, “Moonrise, Hernandez”
Adams, Ansel (Feb. 20 1902 — Apr. 22, 1984), photographer and environmentalist, was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Charles Hitchcock Adams, a businessman, and Olive Bray. The grandson of a wealthy timber baron, Adams grew up in a house set amid the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. When Adams was only four, an aftershock of the great earthquake and fire of 1906 threw him to the ground and badly broke his nose, distinctly marking him for life. A year later the family fortune collapsed in the financial panic of 1907, and Adams’s father spent the rest of his life doggedly but fruitlessly attempting to recoup.
An only child, Adams was born when his mother was nearly forty. His r
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Jay Cossey's Photographs from Nature
Jay’s Biography
I was so fortunate to have been born into a nature-loving family. My father, Eric K. Cossey, was a draftsman by yrke, but he had collected and reared butterflies and moths since he was a teenager. There were always caterpillars, chrysalises and cocoons in our house, so the miracle of metamorphosis was always on display in the Cossey household.
Dad had collected some great field guides and nature-related books, which inom devoured as a child. I fantasized about some day seeing as many kinds of insect as possible. My favourite dreams always involved finding some butterflies I’d only ever seen in a book before. inom was so disappointed to discover I’d only been dreaming when I awoke.
Nature publications with great photographs of live butterflies and other insects truly inspired me. I enjoyed collecting butterflies and moths, but inom often dreamed of taking pictures of these ephemeral creatures. Wh
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Bio + Artist Statement
Artist BIO:
Michael has spent his years capturing the still image of people, cultures, and landscapes from around the world, to around the block, with a very unique and distinctive style. A native Californian, Michael resides in Los Angeles, though equally at home trudging through Redwood forests, riding the rails deep into Siberia, or navigating the chaotic streets of Tokyo. He photographs with many types of cameras and film, from a clunky toy camera to the latest digital model, using each as a tool for a specific use. Michael’s fine art imagery has garnered recognition from the International Photography Awards, the Prix de la Photographie in Paris, Photographers Forum, and Critical Mass. His work has been published in Harper's, Black & White (U.S.), Black & White (U.K.), Seities, Esquire (Russia), New Statesman, Blur, Adore Noir, Fraction, SHOTS, Diffusion Annual, and Lenscratch. He also continues to exhibit his work internationally in