California Hall of Fame
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The California Hall of Fame honors individuals and families who embody California's innovative spirit and have made their mark on history. The hall and its exhibits are housed in The California Museum in Sacramento.
Image: CA Hall of Fame Ronald Reagan Exhibits
Image: CA Hall of Fame Earl Warren and John Wayne Exhibits
Image: CA Hall of Fame Harvey Milk Exhibit
Ansel Adams
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Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.
Kodak No 1 Brownie Model B box camera, the first model Adams owned
Lodgepole Pines, Lyell Fork of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park (1921)
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California (1927)