

I had the television on, hoping the colours and sounds would lull me to sleep when I grew tired of whatever was on and started flipping through the channels. It was three years when I, a naive adolescent with a burgeoning love of film and photography, was lying on a mattress beside the fire place at 1 o'clock in the morning, trying desperately to fall asleep. Note: This film is listed under various titles in various places, so if you're looking for it or for the DVD, just remember it's the 2002 film, and search under the following titles, which are all the same film: Ansel Adams Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film American Experience: Ansel Adams It will be a glorious find. This is a heartwarming masterpiece of a film. It's like one of those novels you can't put down. Whether you are a fan of Ansel Adams or not, whether you know even one whit about him or not, or even whether you are well-versed on Adams' life, I guarantee you will enjoy and be mesmerized by this intimate and fascinating film. But when you combine the curious and variegated and pioneering story of Ansel Adams - who led a much more unusual and surprising life than one might expect - with his extraordinary, absolutely breathtaking photographs, presented gloriously and reverently, you get a film that is riveting from start to finish. It's almost shocking how fascinating this biographical documentary is.
