12inch x 18inch Poster Sumiko Shigematsu, standing at left, looking at row of women seated at sewing machines. Ansel Easton Adams (1902 ? 1984) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West. During part of his career, he was hired by the US Government to record life in the West. - There is a border around the image. Image size is correct.