Ansel Adams, Bruce Springsteen And Ralph Ellison
Ansel Adams is a renowned name was a commercial photographer who photographed visionary images of western landscapes that were widely acclaimed. He developed the concept of zone exposure to its optimum level. His zone system and large format view cameras made a rare combination despite the heavy camera and high fist costs. Adams was widely known to general public for his western United States photographs and landscapes. His work had crossed the generation barriers though a bit overexposed. He was a modernist and creative artist. His particular passion in the quality made him stand out in the crowd. He was one of the pioneers who turned photography into a visual art. Adam’s style was different from the contemporary photographers. He was photographing the desired images not as they looked in the real life but how they felt it.
Bruce Frederic Joseph Springsteen known in brief in concerned circles as Bruce Springsteen was born in 1949 and was nicknamed as “the Boss”. An American singer-songwriter, his records as well as traveling feats with E Street Band is widely known for his brand of heartland rock. He has been well known for his support of relief and rehabilitation efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere in United States. But the album that made him most famous was The Rising that was his typical response to September 11th attacks. Springsteen’s creations in music were meant for those who were suffering in some form. Bruce Springsteen’s recordings have been alternative between the commercially accessible rock albums as well as the somber folk-oriented works.
African-American writer and teacher by profession, Ellison’s epoch making novel the Invisible Man that made its appearance in 1952 gained acclaims all over the world. This made him comparable to writers like Melville and Hawthrone. Ellison used racial issues in order to express the universal dilemma relating to identity and self-discoveries. However he never took a direct political stand. According to him literature is color blind. He wanted America to become a land of cultural exchanges as well as synergies. Most of the Ellison’s work revolved round the color issues in United States. Yet he was pursuing a form of art more than the form of racial justice.
In case of all the three genius personalities, one thing is quite clear. Each of these three geniuses had contributed handsomely in taking their respective field of art to a new dimension. One glorified nature, the second one highlighted human emotions, while the third one hit at a basic problem of racialism and color discrimination that plagued American societies for pretty long. The only difference was that their medium of bringing up social reformation was different, images, music, and text respectively.
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