Product Description

This tiny treasure is a glorious tribute to Ansel Adams and to the vanishing landscape he loved.

The often stunning and sometimes subtle beauty of America's national parks has been captured forever in the evocative images of Ansel Adams, the most admired photographer of our time. These photographs demonstrate the genius of Adams's technical and aesthetic inventiveness and expressed his deepest convictions as artist, conservationist, and citizen.

Other Details: Now in paperback! 120 illustratoins, 90 in full color.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #817241 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

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It was the United States Department of Interior that commissioned Ansel Adams to document the country's national parks. Though the project was suspended after just one year because of World War II, Adams was still able to create quite a few astonishingly beautiful photographs of the American landscape. Arresting images of Yellowstone's geysers, the Grand Canyon's ravines, Glacier and Grand Teton national parks' mountains and the southwest's ancient adobes fill the book's pages. Perusing this palm-sized volume is akin to touring the country's natural monuments with this most gifted nature photographer along as a companion.

About the Author
Ansel Adams (1902-1984), the author of more than a dozen books, helped establish the department of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Alice Gray is a writer and editor based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Customer Reviews

TINY folio cannot be stressed enough
too small to fully enjoy the pix, poor quality prints.

A Great Introduction to Ansel Adams
Anyone who doesn't know a lot about Ansel Adams but is interested in learning more about his work will appreciate and enjoy this cleverly organized pictorial. Structured by national parks, the reader will see many wonderful pictures, some classics, that will surely create a better impression as to what type of pictures Adams takes. A great gift book as well.

Wee, but Wonderful
This wee little book (4 inch by 4 inch format) dispels the notion that the work of Ansel Adams can only be appreciated in a coffee table book. Organized into 10 sections by location (Zion National Park, Yellowstone, etc.) and peoples (Native Americans and Their Lands), it shows Adams's work out west in our great national places like Grand Canyon and the Boulder Dam. The great appeal of this little book is that these fabulous black and white images retain their beauty and mystery even though reduced in size. I can, and I have, carried it with me throughout the house, or on a walk with the dog, or have thumbed through it while sipping a cup of coffee. It is well worn and well loved. And now I am going to order one for my cousin who will move out to Montana with her new husband.