Product Description

This beautifully reproduced, affordable paperback collects Ansel Adams' finest images of the place closest to his heart:Yosemite National Park. It presents the essence of Adams' long association with Yosemite#15166; memorable photographs of glacial lakes and craggy peaks, cascading waterfalls and granite monoliths, lone trees and sylvan streams. Here are photographs such as Moon and Half Dome, Clearing Winter Storm, and El Capitanthat have become veritable icons of the American wilderness. Selections from Adams' writings about the park and its environment, and an introductory essay by Michael L. Fischer (president of the Yosemite Restoration Trust) that reveals the prescience of Adams' views on park management issues, enhance this in-depth photographic portrait of Yosemite National Park by America's foremost landscape photographer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #538432 in Books
• Published on: 1995-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

About the Author
In a career that spanned over six decades, Ansel Adams was at once America's foremost landscape photographer and one of its most ardent environmentalists. A master photographer, teacher and naturalist, the profound impact of his work continues to expand as each generation discovers the magnificent, luminous beauty of his art.

Michael Fischer was the Executive Director of the Sierra Club in the early 1990s and is now a chairman of the Yosemite Restoration Trust

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and economical
One might wish for a larger format, but clearly every effort was made to reproduce the depth, detail and textures that make much of Ansel Adams' photography worth viewing again and again. Many famous images of his most beloved source of inspiration are included here, which makes this handsome, economical edition a good introduction to his work.

Beautiful Collection
One of the best places on earth photographed by the best in the business. These stunning pictures will take your breath away. One sometimes wishes for larger pictures.