Yosemite and the High Sierra

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

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.

Genres: Photography, Art, Nonfiction, Nature

136 pages, Hardcover

First published November 3, 1994

About the author

People note black-and-white photographs of the American wilderness of American photographer Ansel Easton Adams.

Though wilderness and the environment were his grand passions, photography was his calling, his metier, his raison d'etre.

From: Ansel Adams, Photographer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_A...

Reviews

[Peter Tillman]

Ansel Adams' wonderful photos of his home turf. I've seen quite a number of these as original prints -- he donated his a archive to the University of Arizona, and you can ask to see a private showing of selections, and I have -- and these reproductions come pretty close. I should reread it, since the U0fA photo museum is no longer just across town. I'm overdue for a revisit to my old hometown, though it's a hard days drive from where I live now. Maybe combine it with a Spring flower trip?

[Michael]

Beautiful photographs in honor of one of my favorite places on earth. I would like to go back and explore someday.

[Fernanda FuzzBox]

Ese libro aparecio en un contenedor de basura junto con una bolsa llena de legos!!! Obvio que los pepene jaja!! De no se por ello, jamas hubiera apreciado los paisajes en blanco y negro de manera obsesiva... por desgracia ese libro tuvo un desenlace tragico al igual que ese de lou reed que me costo... $40dls.!!! que mal trip... injusticias de la vida??? agh!! bueno, como diria un amigo...algunos libros tienen su orgullo, los muy chinches se van y no regresan.. pfff!!!

[Antony]

A master at work and work displayed. One of if not the best in his field.

[Emilia ヾ⁠(⁠˙⁠❥⁠˙⁠)⁠ﾉ]

Wonderful essays that touch lightly on a few ideas, alongside some history of photography in the twentieth century and the call toward using art as a form of social justice.

Three of these I ruminate on often: 1) the exhilaration of encountering wilderness, in a joy that borders on painful 2) the complete lack of boredom in re-visiting the same place often, because every day is different and full of surprises in terms of weather and the light it brings 3) the terrifying question of how to share wilderness with everyone without ruining it. I would love to have a system where only those who feel that joy and enter such places without ego are allowed in, but perhaps that's unfair. Or am I onto something? Basically trying to keep idiocy and vanity at bay.

And then, of course, the photographs.

[Jack Challis]

Magnificent.

[Nicole Bennett]

More descriptions of the pics, less essays!