Yosemite [Paperback]

Ansel Adams (Author), Andrea G. Stillman (Contributor), Michael L. Fischer (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1995

This beautifully printed paperback original collects Ansel Adams' finest images of the place closest to his heart, Yosemite National Park. "I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite", wrote Adams, who first visited the park at the age of fourteen and returned every year of his life thereafter. This new book presents the essence of Adams' long association with Yosemite: sixty-six memorable photographs of glacial lakes and craggy peaks, cascading waterfalls and granite monoliths, lone trees and sylvan streams. Here are Moon and Half Dome, Clearing Winter Storm, and El Capitan, Winter, Sunrise - images that have become veritable icons of the American wilderness. Selections from Adams' writings about the park and its environment, and an introductory essay that reveals the prescience of Adams' views on park management issues, enhance this majestic photographic portrait of Yosemite National Park by America's foremost landscape photographer.

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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

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Ansel Adams; 1st edition (October 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821221965
• ISBN-13: 978-0821221969
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.3 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and economical, December 28, 2004

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L. McCall (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yosemite (Paperback)

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.

16 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Collection, September 5, 1999

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This review is from: Yosemite (Paperback)

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.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pleased and a little disappointed all at the same time, January 4, 2010

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This review is from: Yosemite (Paperback)

I ordered Yosemite and received one in shrink wrap which made the perfect gift, but the other one was not in shrink wrap and appeared to have been thumbed through. I returned the second copy but am thrilled with the first copy. Will use this business again.