Ansel Adams's sublime photographs of trees are the subject of this beautiful and elegant homage to the most graceful form in nature. 50 tritone photos.
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In a career that spanned five decades, Ansel Adams was at once America's foremost landscape photographer and one of its most ardent environmentalists.
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Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) was the most honored American photographer of the twentieth century. Through his exhibitions 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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Brilliant Pictures, Insightful Text, Impeccable Printing,
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I really, really don't understand how a person can see so much out of so little. There's a tree right outside my window. It looks like a tree, seen one seen all of them. But Ansel Adams didn't just see a tree.
Sure he saw a tree. But he also saw its shape, the texture of its bark, it's setting, perhaps the brook flowing by, or the mist or the clouds, maybe the mountain in the background. And the timing. This picture has the sun directly behind the trunk of the tree so it's almost just an outline. That picture was taken at dawn so the light would be just so, and the mist not quite gone. This grove of trees are all tall and straight, that single Jeffrey Pine growing out of the rocks in Yosemite is twisted and deformed by the wind. You know what to expect of an Ansel Adams book. Black and White photographs carefully selected, merged with insightful text, printed (in Germany) with impeccable quality -- What more can I say.
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Wonderful book. It again shows the art and skill of Mr. Adam's talent. This book is a great addition to all that enjoy trees, photography, landscapes, and beauty. Worth every cent!
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It is hard to go wrong with Ansel Adams!! I gave this book as a present and the person that I gave it to was extremely impressed by the beautiful collection of photos.
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I MADE THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS within an hour of each other on a crisp autumn day in the mountains north of Santa Fe. . . .We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. Read the first page New!
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I MADE THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS within an hour of each other on a crisp autumn day in the mountains north of Santa Fe. . . .We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. Read the first page New!
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- A Natural History of Western Trees by Donald Culross Peattie on page 42, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In Defense of Nature by John Hay on page 15, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Triumph of the by John Stewart Collis on page 26, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997 by Wendell Berry on page 84, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman on page 27, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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