They had 7 children: Mary Farris Simmons (born Adams), Henry D Adams and 5 other children. Ansel Adams would have been 82 years old at the time of death or 113 years old today. In 1906 an aftershock from the famous earthquake of that year threw him to the floor and gave him a badly broken nose. With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the … The two shared a passion for the outdoors and for classical music.

Ansel Easton Adams, the only child of Charles Hitchcock and Olive Bray Adams, was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California, near the Golden Gate Bridge.


Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902 and died on April 22, 1984.

Virginia Best was 17 years old when she met 19-year-old Ansel Adams in 1921. Her occupation was Keeping House. Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park. He is also perhaps the most widely known and beloved photographer in the history of the United States; the popularity of his work has only increased since his death. One of his most famous photographs was Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California.

Sally was born on May 29 1847, in Kentucky, United States. Ansel married Sally W. Adams (born Harmon) on month day 1864, at age 23 at marriage place, Kentucky.
Ansel Adams, (born February 20, 1902, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died April 22, 1984, Carmel, California), American photographer who was the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century. In 1928, Ansel Adams married Virginia Best, the daughter of the Best’s Studio proprietor.