Where and when was Ansel Adams born? Adams was born 9n SF feb 20, 1902. Was Ansel a good student? No. How old was Ansel Adams when he first experienced Yosemite? He was 14. How long did it take to get to Yosemite from San Francisco? Today it takes about 3-4 hours. It took two days. Who gave him his first camera and what was it? His father, the camera was a Kodak #1 brownie box. 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? Monolith, The face of Half Dome. He was nearing what age, when the financial security that had eluded him all his life materialized at last? Age 70, Bill Turnage made the Ansel Adams archives into a multi million dollar business and Adams was the most marketed phot...