Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man

The Photographs and the Man

Author: Andrea G. Stillman Series: Little, Brown and Company

An intimate artistic biography of America's most honored photographer, as told through a selection of key photographs.

A personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images. For anyone with an interest in the life and work of the country's most revered landscape photographer and environmental advocate.

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An intimate artistic biography of America's most honored photographer, as told through a selection of key photographs.

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LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS is a personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images.

Immediately recognizable photographs like Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake are turned on their axes and seen from a new angle, along with ancillary photographs, alternative versions, and letters and postcards that relate to these beloved icons. Less familiar but equally important photographs provide unexpected insight into Ansel's creative and personal life.

For anyone with a love of the American wilderness and an interest in the life and work of the country's most revered landscape photographer and environmental advocate, LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS is an essential and deeply satisfying book.

About the Author

StartFragment Andrea G. Stillman worked with Ansel Adams in the 1970s and has edited several Ansel Adams books, including LETTERS AND IMAGES, OUR NATIONAL PARKS, and ANSEL ADAMS IN COLOUR. She lives in New York City.

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LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS is a personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images.Immediately recognizable photographs like Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake are turned on their axes and seen from a new angle, along with ancillary photographs, alternative versions, and letters and postcards that relate to these beloved icons. Less familiar but equally important photographs provide unexpected insight into Ansel's creative and personal life.For anyone with a love of the American wilderness and an interest in the life and work of the country's most revered landscape photographer and environmental advocate, LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS is an essential and deeply satisfying book.