“Featuring images selected from the full spectrum of Ansel Adams's life in photography, from teenage photo albums to his late landscapes of the 1960s, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs offers the largest available survey of Adams's legendary career. Featuring succinct explanatory texts and contextual notes addressing selected photographs, this book foregrounds Adams's visionary images and their extraordinary impact on the way we think about the medium of photography.”

-Lauren Palmor, Associate Curator of American Art

 

Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs presents the full spectrum of Adams' work in a single volume for the first time, offering the largest available compilation from his legendary photographic career. Beautifully produced and presented in an attractive landscape trim, Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs will appeal to a general gift-book audience as well as Adams' legions of dedicated fans and students. The photographs are arranged chronologically into five major periods, from his first photographs made in Yosemite and the High Sierra in 1916 to his work in the National Parks in the 1940s up to his last important photographs from the 1960s. An introduction and brief essays on selected images provide information about Adams' life, document the evolution of his technique, and give voice to his artistic vision. Paperback, 448 pages.