Guyaule Laboratory, Frank Hirosama [i.e., Hirosawa] and assistant, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Frank Hirosawa (left) and assistant in laboratory working with large trash cans. 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.