Straight Photography

Who is the photographer?
Ansel Adams

Their nationality?
From the United States

Straight photography is also called Pure photography, and it refers to a method of photography that attempts to portray an image in the most realistic and accurate way.

This photograph was taken by Ansel Adams who was part of the Straight photography group called f64.  Group f64 were an American group of seven photographers from the 20^th century who all had similar photography techniques and styles.  All of them captures scenes as untainted as they could.

This photo is typical of straight photography as it shows this scene completely as it is. Adams took this photo around 1937. 
This image also is classic of Straight photography because it is depicting the woodland waterfall scene exactly how Adams would have seen it.  From researching into the image I found that it was taken early morning just before the sunrise so that there was a fog throughout the trees so that  Adams could have a subtle backdrop to the image.

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