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Ansel Adams in the National Parks

Ansel Adams in the National Parks

Photographs from America's Wild Places

by Ansel Adams and Andrea G. Stillman
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/12/2010

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For many people images of the major national parks in th US exist in the mind's eye as Ansel Adams photographs. A dedicated environmentalist as well as renowned artist, he was one of the 20th century's most ardent champions of the parks system. Through his photos, essays and letter-writing campaigns, he helped create new parks and better protect existing ones. He worked in more than 40 national parks over 50 years - including Shenandoah, the Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia in the East - and his work in the California High Sierra resulted in some of the most indelible images of the natural world ever made with a camera. 50 of the images in this volume have not been published in any authorized Ansel Adams book previously; many more are rarely seen. A substantial essay by photographic critic and historian Richard B. Woodward lays out Adams' significant role tracing the history of American conservation. The selection of photographs was made by Andrea G. Stillman, Adams' assistant late in life and a foremost expert on his work. A group of thumbnail images with brief narratives, enlivened by quotations from Adams, appears at the back of the book.
ISBN:
9780316078467
9780316078467
Category:
Individual photographers
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-12-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
211x260x32mm
Weight:
1.62kg
Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was the most honored American photographer of the twentieth century. Through the exhibition and publication of his work, his writings, and his leadership in the Sierra Club, Adams was also a prescient and highly effective voice in the fight to preserve America's remaining wilderness.

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