Synopses & Reviews
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
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 Color. She lives in New York City.