The most comprehensive collection of Ansel Adams' s photographs of America' s national
parks and wilderness areas with more than 200 photographs — many rarely seen and some never
before published. For many people Yosemite Yellowstone Glacier National Park and other
iconic American wildlands exist in the mind' s eye as Ansel Adams photographs. The legendary
photographer explored more than forty national parks in his lifetime producing some of the
most indelible images of the natural world ever made. One of the twentieth century' s most
ardent champions of the park and wilderness systems Adams also helped preserve additional
natural areas and protect existing ones through his photographs essays and letter-writing
campaigns. Edited and with commentary by Andrea G. Stillman the foremost expert on Adams'
s work this landmark publication includes quotations by Adams on the making of numerous
photographs and essays by Wallace Stegner William A. Turnage of The Ansel Adams Trust and
journalist and critic Richard B. Woodward. This is a must-own for Ansel Adams fans and all
those who like Adams treasure America' s wilderness.
