Yosemite and the High Sierra

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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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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

Exceeded my Expextations, July 21, 2006

NatureLover (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yosemite and the High Sierra (Hardcover)

This is a beautiful book. I suspect the pints are as high in quality as Ansel would have wished them.

I'm glad I bought this book and will enjoy the pictures contained within it for many years.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Great for Wedding Guest Book, June 12, 2009

CocoThe Slug (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

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My husband and I are big into Yosemite and I blindly ordered this book to use as the guest book at our wedding and it worked out perfectly! The photos are beautiful and the lay out has plenty of white space. High resolution photos, good paper quality, and heavy cover weight make it a very classy book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Purchased used. Great condition, great addition to library, May 16, 2010

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This is a must have book for all Ansel Adams admirers. This selection showcases the area of the country that Adams loved so much. The photos are breathtaking. Add in the stamina and nerve it took to get to the perfect spots to photograph these scenes, carrying heavy equipment, one can appreciate them all the more. Pictures are a good size and good quality. Not as good as the originals, of course (some of which I've had the pleasure of seeing in person), but still very good as far as reproductions in books go.
Purchased this book used and it was exactly as advertised. A bargain.