Watch American Experience Season 14 Episode 13 Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film
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Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film Season 14 Episode 13 Aired date: Apr 21, 2002 Plot: Few American artists have reached a wider audience, or enjoyed more widespread popularity in their own lifetime, than Ansel Adams. None has had more profound an impact on how Americans grasp the majesty of their continent, or done more to transform how people think and feel about the meaning of the natural world. A visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique and a crusader for the environment, Adams would take part in an extraordinary revolution: in photography, and ways of seeing what he ca... MORE |
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Release Date: 1988
Duration: 1 min
Since 1988, PBS has broadcast a series that focuses on the history of the United States and what has made it unique. Called...more
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