Ansel Adams
An Autobiography
Published on 21. February 2017
400 pages
978-0-316-43701-1 (ISBN)
Description
Discover this "evocative celebration of the life, career, friendships, concerns, and vision" of Ansel Adams, America's greatest photographer (New York Times)
"No lover of Ansel Adams' photographs can afford to miss this book." - Wallace Stegner
In this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer.Illustrated with eight pages of Adams' gorgeous black-and-white photographs, this book brings readers behind the images into the stories and circumstances of their creation. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life the infectious enthusiasms, fervent battles, and bountiful friendships of a truly American original.
"A warm, discursive, and salty document." - New Yorker
"No lover of Ansel Adams' photographs can afford to miss this book." - Wallace Stegner
In this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer.Illustrated with eight pages of Adams' gorgeous black-and-white photographs, this book brings readers behind the images into the stories and circumstances of their creation. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life the infectious enthusiasms, fervent battles, and bountiful friendships of a truly American original.
"A warm, discursive, and salty document." - New Yorker
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10/1985
Bulfinch Press,U.S.
€75.80
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Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was the most honored American photographer of the twentieth century. Through the exhibition and publication of his, 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.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Editor's Note
- 1. BEGINNINGS
- 2. CHILDHOOD
- 3. MUSIC
- 4. FAMILY
- 5. YOSEMITE
- 6. MONOLITH
- 7. ALBERT BENDER
- 8. VIRGINIA
- 9. STRAIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
- 10. STIEGLITZ & O'KEEFFE
- 11. THE SIERRA
- 12. COMMERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
- 13. YPCCO
- 14. THE NEWHALLS
- 15. DAVID MC ALPIN
- 16. EDWARD WESTON
- 17. DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
- 18. NATIONAL PARKS
- 19. EDWIN LAND
- 20. TEACHING
- 21. CARMEL
- 22. PRESIDENTS & POLITICS
- 23. RESOLUTIONS
- 24. HARMONY
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- Also Available from Ansel Adams
- Newsletters
