Yosemite and the High Sierra [Hardcover]

Ansel Adams (Author), John Szarkowski (Contributor), Andrea G. Stillman (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 1994

Yosemite National Park and the High Sierra were the places closest to Ansel Adams' heart, and this magnificent new collection presents the finest selction of his photographs and writings yet published on this "vast edifice of stone and space." Inspired by their grandeur, their wildness, and their primeval mystery, Adams' photos came to represent America's National Parks. During his lifetime Adams published seven books of images from this region; this new book brings the best of these early volumes together into a single work. His writings - alive with anecdote and insight - provide a backdrop for these stirring images, and an introduction by John Szarkowski, the most distinguished photography critic and curator of his time, provides testimony to the enduring impact of Adams' Yosemite vision. Yosemite and the High Sierra represents Adams' legacy at its most distilled and timeless.

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About the Author

In a career that spanned over five decades, 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.
John Szarkowski, director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art for twenty-six years until his retirement in 1991, is the author of such classic works as Looking at Photographers, The Photographer's Eye, and Photography Until Now. He was the curator of the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1979.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Ansel Adams; 1st edition (November 3, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821221345
• ISBN-13: 978-0821221341
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 1 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceeded my Expextations, July 21, 2006

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NatureLover (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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This is a beautiful book. I suspect the pints are as high in quality as Ansel would have wished them.

I'm glad I bought this book and will enjoy the pictures contained within it for many years.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Wedding Guest Book, June 12, 2009

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My husband and I are big into Yosemite and I blindly ordered this book to use as the guest book at our wedding and it worked out perfectly! The photos are beautiful and the lay out has plenty of white space. High resolution photos, good paper quality, and heavy cover weight make it a very classy book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Purchased used. Great condition, great addition to library, May 16, 2010

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This review is from: Yosemite and the High Sierra (Hardcover)

This is a must have book for all Ansel Adams admirers. This selection showcases the area of the country that Adams loved so much. The photos are breathtaking. Add in the stamina and nerve it took to get to the perfect spots to photograph these scenes, carrying heavy equipment, one can appreciate them all the more. Pictures are a good size and good quality. Not as good as the originals, of course (some of which I've had the pleasure of seeing in person), but still very good as far as reproductions in books go.

Purchased this book used and it was exactly as advertised. A bargain.