Where and when was Ansel Adams born? On February 20th, 1902 in Western Addition San Fransisco. Was Ansel a good student? He wasn't a good student. He couldn't sit still. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite? Ansel Adams was 14 years old How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? 2 to 3 days Who gave him his first camera and what was it? His father gave him a Kodak #1 box brownie. Which group did Ansel Adams often hike with? The Sierra Club To what President did Adams take his photographs (book project) in order to persuade him to support King's Canyon as a national park? President Franklin D, Roosevelt What photograph is probably one of the most famous photographs in the twentieth century? Moon Rise Hernandez He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last? He was 70 How was Adams honored after he died? A section of the sierra Nevada mountains was renamed the ...