Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura looks at dresses with her daughters, Louise Tami Nakamura and Joyce Yuki Nakamura, in a store with assistance from clerk, Mrs. Mary Nagao. 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.