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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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.