Ansel Adams in the National Parks

Ansel Adams in the National Parks: Photographs From America's Wild Places
by Ansel Adams, edited by Andrea G. Stillman [917.3 qAda]

Ansel Adams' photography is synonymous with Yosemite National Park. His photos of Half Dome are breathtaking. Yosemite is not the only park that Adams visited. He spent time in more than forty parks, traveling from Alaska to Maine to Hawaii with stops at points in between. Adams said, "a photograph is made, not taken." And he set about to make magnificent images in the parks, national monuments and national wildernesses. This book is filled with page after page of glorious black-and-white images. Many are landscapes; some are close-ups, such as the photo of the spiked sword plant that he photographed in Haleakala National Park. Anyone who loves black-and-white photography will be charmed by this book. -- recommended by Donna G. - Virtual Services Department

[ Wikipedia page on Ansel Adams ] | [ official Ansel Adams Gallery web site ]

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