Unseen Ansel Adams
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video
Unseen Ansel Adams Details
From the Back Cover During his prolific sixty-year career, the godfather of American photography captured iconic images for the Sierra Club and National Park Service, wrote best-selling books, campaigned for the environment, and even took President Jimmy Carter's official White House portrait. Even so, these make up only a portion of Ansel Adams's portfolio. Discover the hidden treasures of America's most popular photographer in Unseen Ansel Adams. * These rare photographs in Unseen Ansel Adams come from the celebrated collection of the University of California. During the 1960s, Adams spent time chronicling the university's campuses, including images of Berkeley's majestic campanile, Santa Cruz's ferny forests, Santa Barbara's pristine coastline, and UCLA's chancellor. * Photography aficionados will certainly appreciate this fresh look at a master's lesser-known work. Spreads feature beautiful black-and-white photographs that are rich in detail and texture, showcasing Adams's unmistakable style. * Though best known for his photographs of nature, Ansel Adams saw beauty in many forms, including many man-made structures like the modern architecture of UCSD and aerial shots of Los Angeles's famous freeways. * An avid environmentalist, Adams spent his career documenting the wonders of the natural world. See regal eucalyptus groves, sculptural cacti, rocky valleys, and lacy fungus through Adams's eyes in remarkable photographs he took while on a tour of California. Read more About the Author Jason Weems is an Assistant Professor in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences History of Art Department at the University of California Riverside. He specializes in American art, with particular interests in the history of vision and visuality, landscape, and vernacular culture in the context of modernity—making him the perfect person to write the Introduction to Unseen Ansel Adams. Read more
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Reviews
A lot of reviews are right, there's not a whole lot to get excited about in this edition. Ansel's commericial photography was an important part of his life and we rarely get to see any of it, with a few exceptions in his techinical books. However, there is good material here; look at pages 34, 88, 89 and 93. But too many feel like record shots, almost as if Ansel is going through the motions. You feel that with extra effort some would be better, such as Moonrise near Residence halls, which has no detail of the moon. The prints look like they were scanned properly, they just may have not been that good. I don't think it's a waste of money to buy it used, because how many times do you see new work from St. Ansel?
